وَاهاً لَهَا مِنْ لَيَالٍ هَلْ تَعُودُ كَمَا

وَاهاً لَهَا مِنْ لَيَالٍ هَلْ تَعُودُ كَمَا

كَانَتْ وَأَيُّ لَيَالٍ عَادَ مَاضِيهَا

كَانَتْ وَأَيُّ لَيَالٍ عَادَ مَاضِيهَا

Ah, those nights! Will they return as

Oh what nights for me, will you ever come again

Ah, how I yearn for those nights! Will they ever return just as

they were? And what nights have ever seen their past return?

As once you were, and what night that's passed can be the same?

They once were? And what nights have ever seen their past return?

لَمْ أَنْسَهَا مُذْ نَأَتْ عَنِّي بِبَهْجَتِهَا

لَمْ أَنْسَهَا مُذْ نَأَتْ عَنِّي بِبَهْجَتِهَا

وَأَيُّ أُنْسٍ مِنَ الأَيَّامِ يُنْسِيهَا

وَأَيُّ أُنْسٍ مِنَ الأَيَّامِ يُنْسِيهَا

I have not forgotten them since they departed, taking their joy from me;

I've not forgotten you since you departed in your joy

I have not forgotten them since they drew away from me with their splendor,

and what solace can the days bring to make me forget them?

What pleasures can days offer that would make me forget?

And what delight in the passing days could ever make me forget them?