1. Oh priest who sees the future in oil
Do you see me living until
١. أَلا ياكاهِنَ المِصرِ ال
لَذي يَنظُرُ في الزَيتِ
2. I see Abda in the house?
He said come closer, I see death
٢. تُراني عائِشاً حَتّى
أَرى عَبدَةَ في البَيتِ
3. And fate faster than death.
A neighbor whose voice we know
٣. فَقالَ اِدنُ أَرى مَوتاً
وَدَوراً سابِقَ المَوتِ
4. Said, do you cry from missing love?
Don't cry from what you missed.
٤. وَقَد قالَت لَنا جارِ
يَةٌ تَعرِفُ في الصَوتِ
5. I will sneak her to you
Even if she's on a whale.
٥. أَمِن فَوتِ الهَوى تَبكي
فَلا تَبكِ مِنَ الفَوتِ
6. So I said walk straight for us
With what you fasted and prayed.
٦. سَأَرقيها فَتَأتيكَ
وَلَو كانَت عَلى حوتِ
7. Oh, how good your words are,
How you bring glad tidings and wishes.
٧. فَقُلتُ اِمشي لَنا قَصداً
بِما صُمتِ وَصَلَّيتِ
8. When worries come to us you are
With worries, so you inspire hope.
٨. فَيا حُسناً لِما قُلتِ
وَبَشَّرتِ وَمَنَّيتِ
9. If forgetfulness takes her you
Remind and name her.
٩. إِذا هَمَّت بِنا كُنتِ
مَعَ الهَمِّ فَأَملَيتِ
10. Life is sweet for me through her
With what she blocked and dammed.
١٠. وَإِن مالَ بِها النِسيا
نُ ذَكَّرتِ وَسَمَّيتِ
11. Take my love for what you tested me with
And entrusted me to and made first.
١١. وَطابَ العَيشُ لي مِنها
بِما سَدَّت وَسَدَّيتِ
12. Oh, if only what is hidden
Were like what you started and founded.
١٢. خُذي وُدّي بِما أَبلَي
تِني فيهِ وَأَولَيتِ
13. She said, from what we were lead
To you the soul is made of if only.
١٣. أَلا يا لَيتَ ما يَخفى
كَما أَبدَت وَأَبدَيتِ
١٤. فَقالَت في الَّذي سُقنا
إِلَيكَ الرَوحُ مِن لَيتِ