يا عَينُ بَكي لِلَّذي عالَني

يا عَينُ بَكي لِلَّذي عالَني

مِنكِ بِدَمعٍ مُسبِلٍ هامِلِ

مِنكِ بِدَمعٍ مُسبِلٍ هامِلِ

O eye, weep for him who sustained me,

Oh eye, weep for the one who wronged me

With tears from you, streaming and flowing freely.

With tears flowing down in streams

يا جَعدَ بَكّيهِ وَلا تَسأَمي

يا جَعدَ بَكّيهِ وَلا تَسأَمي

بِكاءَ حَقٍّ لَيسَ بِالباطِلِ

بِكاءَ حَقٍّ لَيسَ بِالباطِلِ

O Jaʿd, weep for him and do not tire,

Oh curly hair, weep for him and do not grow weary

With rightful weeping, not a false lament.

Weeping for a right that is not false

إِن تَستُري المَيتَ عَلى مِثلِهِ

إِن تَستُري المَيتَ عَلى مِثلِهِ

في الناسِ مِن حافٍ وَمِن ناعِلِ

في الناسِ مِن حافٍ وَمِن ناعِلِ

If you shroud a dead man like him,

If you cover the dead with his like

Among the people, barefoot and shod.

Among the people there is one who digs and one who buries