أَلا يا قَومِ خَلّوني وَشَأني

أَلا يا قَومِ خَلّوني وَشَأني

فَلَستُ بِتارِكٍ حُبَّ الغَواني

فَلَستُ بِتارِكٍ حُبَّ الغَواني

Listen, my people: leave me to my own affairs.

Oh people, leave me be

For I will not abandon the love of beautiful women.

For I'll not abandon loving the beautiful

نَهَوني يا أُمامَةَ عَن هَواكُم

نَهَوني يا أُمامَةَ عَن هَواكُم

فَلَم أَقبَل مَقالَةَ مَن نَهاني

فَلَم أَقبَل مَقالَةَ مَن نَهاني

They forbade me, O Umama, from loving you.

They warned me, O Umamah, against your love

But I did not accept the words of whoever forbade me.

Yet I did not accept the words of those who warned me

فَإِن لَم تَسعَدي فَعِدي وَمُنّي

فَإِن لَم تَسعَدي فَعِدي وَمُنّي

خَلاعاً لا أَموتُ عَلى بَيانِ

خَلاعاً لا أَموتُ عَلى بَيانِ

So if you will not make me happy, then promise me and give me hope,

If you won't make me happy, then promise and favor me

With abandon, so I do not die knowing the truth.

Sincerely, lest I die in agony