ألاAh! ياO رَبَّةَmistress of القصرِthe palace الجميلِbeautiful
ألا يا رَبَّةَ القصرِ الجميلِ
هبينيgrant me ضمَّةَan embrace of الخصرِthe waist النحيلِslender
هبيني ضمَّةَ الخصرِ النحيلِ
Ah, O mistress of the beautiful palace,
Oh mistress of the beautiful palace
Grant me an embrace of your slender waist.
Grant me an embrace of your slender waist
أُحبُّكِI love you ياO ظلومُcruel one فأنتِfor you عنديto me
أُحبُّكِ يا ظلومُ فأنتِ عندي
مكانُthe place of الصبحِthe dawn منin relation to عينِthe eye of العليلthe sick man
مكانُ الصبحِ من عينِ العليل
I love you, O cruel one, for to me you are
I love you, O cruel one, for you are to me
what dawn is to a sick man's eye.
Like the morning to the ailing eye
ولوand if أنيthat I أقولُI say مكانthe place of صُبحيmy dawn
ولو أني أقولُ مكان صُبحي
أخافُI fear عليكِfor you منfrom ليليmy night الطويلlong
أخافُ عليكِ من ليلي الطويل
And were I to say you hold my dawn's place,
And if I say you are my morning
I fear what my long night might do to you.
I fear for you from my long night
أَحبكI love you ياO ظلومُcruel one فأنتِfor you عنديto me
أَحبك يا ظلومُ فأنتِ عندي
مكانthe place of المالwealth منin relation to نفسِthe soul of البخيلthe miser
مكان المال من نفسِ البخيل
I love you, O cruel one, for to me you are
I love you, O cruel one, for you are to me
what wealth is to a miser's soul.
Like wealth to the miser's soul
ولوand if أنيthat I أقولُI say مكانthe place of ماليmy wealth
ولو أني أقولُ مكان مالي
أخافُI fear عليكfor you منfrom صنعِthe doing of الجميلkindness
أخافُ عليك من صنعِ الجميل
And were I to say you hold my wealth's place,
And if I say you are my wealth
I fear what acts of kindness might do to you.
I fear for you from the work of the skilled
Sol 6.1