أَتَدعوني الأُقَيشِرَ ذَلِكَ اِسمي

أَتَدعوني الأُقَيشِرَ ذَلِكَ اِسمي

وَأَدعوكَ اِبنَ مُطفِئَةِ السِراجِ

وَأَدعوكَ اِبنَ مُطفِئَةِ السِراجِ

Do you call me al-Uqayshir? That is my name.

Do you call me al-Uqayshir? That is my name indeed —

Do you call me al-Uqayshir? That is my name.

And I call you “son of the woman who snuffs the lamp”—

and I call you the son of her who snuffs the lamp:

And I call you the son of the woman who puts out the lamp.

تُناجي خِدنَها بِاللَيلِ سِرّاً

تُناجي خِدنَها بِاللَيلِ سِرّاً

وَرَبُّ الناسِ يَعلَمُ ما تُناجي

وَرَبُّ الناسِ يَعلَمُ ما تُناجي

She whispers to her paramour by night, in secret,

by night she whispers with her lover, secretly,

She whispers to her lover at night in secret,

And the Lord of mankind knows what she whispers.

and the Lord of mankind knows what she whispers.

and the Lord of humankind knows what she whispers.