مسيت بالخير يا حبيبي

مسيت بالخير يا حبيبي

كن بر للصبب من قداك

كن بر للصبب من قداك

Good evening, my beloved.

You have been good to me, my beloved

Be kind to the lovesick one before you.

Be kind to the youth because of your dignity

قد ذاق حبك طلا نسيبي

قد ذاق حبك طلا نسيبي

يشتى تسقيه من لماك

يشتى تسقيه من لماك

My love for you has already tasted the wine of my love-verse;

Your love has been craved by my companion

It longs for you to give it drink from your dusky lips.

Quench his thirst from your sweet lips

ما أطعم الرز والمدلا

ما أطعم الرز والمدلا

الذمن جرم كوكبان

الذمن جرم كوكبان

How delicious are rice and mudallā,

Rice pudding and date syrup could not appease

Which come from the Kawkaban massif!

The one whose fate is like two planets

يا من محياه بنت صلا

يا من محياه بنت صلا

وفي خدوده خميشعان

وفي خدوده خميشعان

O you whose face is bint ṣalā bread,

O you whose life was given by righteous parents

And whose cheeks hold two khumayshiʿ loaves,

And whose cheeks are like ripe apples

ومن رضا به عصيد مقلا

ومن رضا به عصيد مقلا

إدامها دهن جلجلان

إدامها دهن جلجلان

And from whose saliva comes pan-cooked ʿaṣīd porridge,

And who is content with simple porridge

Its accompaniment is sesame oil.

Prolong it with fragrant olive oil

في كل ساع وانت تشتكي بي

في كل ساع وانت تشتكي بي

وأنا الذي أشتكي جفاك

وأنا الذي أشتكي جفاك

Every hour, you complain about me,

Yet every hour you complain of me

While I am the one who complains of your coldness.

While I'm the one who should complain of your aloofness

ولا انت صهري ولا حيبى

ولا انت صهري ولا حيبى

وإنما أصلها حلاك

وإنما أصلها حلاك

You are neither my in-law nor my kin;

You're neither my in-law nor my lover

It is all because of your beauty.

Rather, the cause lies in your allure