ما دامَ قَلبِيَ مَأسوراً بأَسرِ عَلي

ما دامَ قَلبِيَ مَأسوراً بأَسرِ عَلي

كَيفَ البَقاءُ فَإِنَّ المَوتَ أَسرَعُ لي

كَيفَ البَقاءُ فَإِنَّ المَوتَ أَسرَعُ لي

So long as my heart is held captive by Ali,

As long as my heart is captivated by Ali

How can I live on, when death is swifter for me?

How can I survive, for death is swifter for me

وَكَيفَ أَسلَمُ مِن طَرِفٍ لَواحِظُهُ

وَكَيفَ أَسلَمُ مِن طَرِفٍ لَواحِظُهُ

كَالسَيفِ عُرِّيَ مَتناهُ مِنَ الخِلَلِ

كَالسَيفِ عُرِّيَ مَتناهُ مِنَ الخِلَلِ

And how can I escape unharmed from an eye whose glances

And how can I be safe from a glance whose watcher

Are like an unsheathed sword, both its sides laid bare?

Is like an unsheathed sword with a broken blade

يا مَن حَكى في اِحتِراماتِ النُفوسِ بِهِ

يا مَن حَكى في اِحتِراماتِ النُفوسِ بِهِ

سَميَّهُ عِندَ وَقعِ البيضِ وَالأَسَلِ

سَميَّهُ عِندَ وَقعِ البيضِ وَالأَسَلِ

O you who, in taking lives with it, have emulated

O you who related in the souls' regards for him

Your namesake amid the clash of white blades and spears,

Named at the falling of eggs and pots unbroken

اِكفِف لِحاظَكَ وَاِغمِد ذا الفِقارِ فَما

اِكفِف لِحاظَكَ وَاِغمِد ذا الفِقارِ فَما

عَليكَ في قَتلَةِ العُشّاقِ مِن عَجَلِ

عَليكَ في قَتلَةِ العُشّاقِ مِن عَجَلِ

Restrain your glances and sheathe Dhu al-Fiqar; there is no

Restrain your gaze and sheathe this sword, for there is not

Need for you to hurry in killing lovers.

Upon you any haste in killing lovers

لَقَد فَلَلتَ جُموعَ العاشِقينَ بِهِ

لَقَد فَلَلتَ جُموعَ العاشِقينَ بِهِ

في وَقعَةِ الظَبيِ لا في وَقعَةِ الجَمَلِ

في وَقعَةِ الظَبيِ لا في وَقعَةِ الجَمَلِ

You have indeed routed the hosts of lovers with it,

You have routed the legions of lovers through him

In the battle of the gazelle, not the Battle of the Camel.

In the battle of the gazelle, not the battle of the camel