ليلاي ليلاي إن الدهر أشقانا

ليلاي ليلاي إن الدهر أشقانا

والمجد أنهكنا والوجد أضنانا

والمجد أنهكنا والوجد أضنانا

My Layla, my Layla, time has made us wretched.

My nights, my nights, time has caused us so much grief,

And glory has exhausted us, and longing has worn us down.

Glory has exhausted us, and passion has worn us down.

ليلاي ليلاي قد شالت نعامتنا

ليلاي ليلاي قد شالت نعامتنا

من طول كرب وليت الكرب ما كانا

من طول كرب وليت الكرب ما كانا

My Layla, my Layla, our fortune has taken flight,

My nights, my nights, our vitality is long gone,

from prolonged anguish—would that anguish had never been!

From enduring so much hardship, if only there was no agony.

يا أربع الشؤم قد أودى بطارفنا

يا أربع الشؤم قد أودى بطارفنا

مع التليد زمان قد تحدانا

مع التليد زمان قد تحدانا

O abodes of ill omen, our newly acquired wealth has been destroyed,

O four harbingers of ill fate that has led to our demise,

along with our ancestral wealth, by an age that has defied us.

Along with the passage of time that has challenged us.

إنا رزئنا لأن الحظ عاكسنا

إنا رزئنا لأن الحظ عاكسنا

وحالف القوم من قطاع هاجانا

وحالف القوم من قطاع هاجانا

We have suffered calamity because fortune has thwarted us

We were stricken with grief for fortune turned against us,

and allied itself with those people, the bandits of Haganah.

And the people that attacked us were granted success.

قد أعطي الناس ما شاءوا وما رغبوا

قد أعطي الناس ما شاءوا وما رغبوا

أما الرزايا فقد كانت عطايانا

أما الرزايا فقد كانت عطايانا

People have been given what they wished for and desired;

People were given what they desired and craved,

as for calamities, they were our gifts.

Yet afflictions were bestowed upon us as gifts.

من كان يحسب أَن العرب يخدعهم

من كان يحسب أَن العرب يخدعهم

من كنت تحسبهم للعرب إخوانا

من كنت تحسبهم للعرب إخوانا

Who would have thought the Arabs would be deceived

Whoever thought the Arabs would ever deceive them,

by those you thought were brothers to the Arabs?

You'd think they were brothers to the Arabs.

أبا طلال وأنت اليوم رائدنا

أبا طلال وأنت اليوم رائدنا

نغدو إليك إذا ما الدهر عادانا

نغدو إليك إذا ما الدهر عادانا

Abu Talal, you are our guide today;

O Abi Talib, you are our leader today,

we set out for you whenever time turns against us.

We come to you when time oppresses us.

إنا أَتيناك من بدو ومن حضر

إنا أَتيناك من بدو ومن حضر

نسعى إليك وقد كلت مطايانا

نسعى إليك وقد كلت مطايانا

We have come to you from among nomads and townspeople,

We came to you from both desert and city dwellers,

seeking you, though our mounts have grown weary.

Seeking you out as our riding beasts grew weary.

فخذ بأيدينا يا ابن النبي وثب

فخذ بأيدينا يا ابن النبي وثب

فإِنك اليوم بعد اللّه ملجانا

فإِنك اليوم بعد اللّه ملجانا

So take us by the hand, O son of the Prophet, and rise;

Take us by the hand, O son of the Prophet, take a stand,

for today, after God, you are our refuge.

For after Allah today you are our refuge.

إن الوعود التي منوا وما صدقوا

إن الوعود التي منوا وما صدقوا

بها علينا لعمري كن بهتانا

بها علينا لعمري كن بهتانا

The promises they bestowed—yet never kept—

The promises they made to us but did not keep,

upon us were, by my life, falsehoods.

By my life, were nothing but lies.

فحسبنا من وعود القوم ما دغلوا

فحسبنا من وعود القوم ما دغلوا

على الأَعاريب أشكالاً وألوانا

على الأَعاريب أشكالاً وألوانا

We have had enough of those people's promises, of their deceit

We've had enough of the people's false pledges,

against the Bedouin Arabs, in every shape and hue.

Deceiving the nomads in various cunning ways.

إنا ضحايا لهذا المين مينهم

إنا ضحايا لهذا المين مينهم

من يوم حطين حتى اليوم والآنا

من يوم حطين حتى اليوم والآنا

We are victims of this lying—their lying—

We are victims of their betrayal,

from the day of Hattin until today and this very moment.

From the day of Hittin until now and forevermore.

لو أن ساستنا أوفوا بما وعدوا

لو أن ساستنا أوفوا بما وعدوا

ما كان يا سيدي ما كان ما كانا

ما كان يا سيدي ما كان ما كانا

Had our statesmen fulfilled what they promised,

If only our leaders kept the promises they made,

what happened, my lord—what happened—would not have happened.

Things would not have turned out as they did, my lord.

هذي الربوع ليوم الفصل ناظرة

هذي الربوع ليوم الفصل ناظرة

فكن لها يا رعاك اللّه عنوانا

فكن لها يا رعاك اللّه عنوانا

These lands await the day of decision;

These lands now look to the day of reckoning,

so be their emblem—may God protect you.

So be their champion, may God watch over you.

أطلال يافا وحيفا أمس برقهما

أطلال يافا وحيفا أمس برقهما

قد رف وهناً فأشجانا وأبكانا

قد رف وهناً فأشجانا وأبكانا

The ruins of Jaffa and Haifa—yesterday their lightning

The ruins of Jaffa and Haifa, yesterday their lights shone,

flickered late at night, grieving us and making us weep.

But now sorrow and tears have been awakened in us.

يا ابن النبي ألم عن أهل أندلس

يا ابن النبي ألم عن أهل أندلس

تأتيك دارعة تروي حكايانا

تأتيك دارعة تروي حكايانا

O son of the Prophet, has not, from the people of al-Andalus,

O son of the Prophet, have not stories reached you,

a woman clad in armor come to you, recounting our tales?

From Andalusia, relating our tales to you?