أَلا يا عَيشُ هَل لَكَ مِن مُعيدِ

أَلا يا عَيشُ هَل لَكَ مِن مُعيدِ

وَأَنّى لي التَناوُشُ مِن بَعيدِ

وَأَنّى لي التَناوُشُ مِن بَعيدِ

Ah, life, is there anyone to restore you?

Alas! O life, will you ever return?

And how can I reach it from afar?

How can I enjoy you from afar?

صبرتُ عَلَيكِ يا نَزَواتِ دَهري

صبرتُ عَلَيكِ يا نَزَواتِ دَهري

فَزيدي ما بَدا لَكِ أَن تَزيدي

فَزيدي ما بَدا لَكِ أَن تَزيدي

I have endured you, O caprices of my fate;

I have endured your whims, O fate,

So add whatever you see fit to add.

So continue as you wish to proceed.

وَلا وَأَبيكِ أُجري دَمعَ جَفنٍ

وَلا وَأَبيكِ أُجري دَمعَ جَفنٍ

فَما أجريتُ غَيرَ دَمِ الوَريدِ

فَما أجريتُ غَيرَ دَمِ الوَريدِ

And, by your father, I shed no tears from an eyelid;

By your father, I shall not weep

For I have shed nothing but the blood of the jugular vein.

Except for tears of blood that bleed.

وَماذا الحُسنُ مِمّا قَد عَهِدنا

وَماذا الحُسنُ مِمّا قَد عَهِدنا

وَلَكِن جاءَ في خَلقٍ جَديدِ

وَلَكِن جاءَ في خَلقٍ جَديدِ

And this beauty is not among what we have known,

What is beauty that we're used to?

But has come in a new form.

Rather, it comes in a form new indeed.