أَتُرى جاءَت لِكَي تَصطادَ

أَتُرى جاءَت لِكَي تَصطادَ

في البَحرِ السَمَك

في البَحرِ السَمَك

I wonder, has she come to catch

Did you come to fish

fish in the sea,

In the sea for fish

أَم أَتَت تَصطادُ قَلبي

أَم أَتَت تَصطادُ قَلبي

بِلِحاظٍ كَالشَبك

بِلِحاظٍ كَالشَبك

or has she come to catch my heart

Or did you come to fish for my heart

with glances like nets?

With a gaze like a net

إيهِ يا صائِدَةَ الأَسماكِ

إيهِ يا صائِدَةَ الأَسماكِ

لَستُ السَمَكَه

لَستُ السَمَكَه

Ah, fisherwoman,

Oh, fisher of fish

I am not the fish.

I'm not a fish

حَوِّلي الأَشراكَ عَن قَلبي

حَوِّلي الأَشراكَ عَن قَلبي

وَكفّي الحَرَكَه

وَكفّي الحَرَكَه

Turn the snares away from my heart,

Turn your hooks away from my heart

and stop moving.

And stop your movement

إِنَّ قَلبي عالِقٌ في

إِنَّ قَلبي عالِقٌ في

غيرِ هذي الشَبَكه

غيرِ هذي الشَبَكه

For my heart is caught in

For my heart is caught in

a net other than this one.

Another net than this

عِندَما اِصطادَت فُؤادي غادَتي

عِندَما اِصطادَت فُؤادي غادَتي

ما رَحَمَتهُ

ما رَحَمَتهُ

When my fair maiden caught my heart,

When my heart was caught by my beauty

she showed it no mercy.

She showed it no mercy

بَل رَمَتهُ فَوقَ كانو

بَل رَمَتهُ فَوقَ كانو

نِ هَواها وَشَوَتهُ

نِ هَواها وَشَوَتهُ

Rather, she cast it upon the brazier

But threw it atop her desires and roasted it

of her passion and roasted it.

And bent to lick the teeth

وَاِنثَنَت تَلحس سَنّا

وَاِنثَنَت تَلحس سَنّا

رَتَها مُذ أَكَلَتهُ

رَتَها مُذ أَكَلَتهُ

And she turned to lick her fishing hook

That ate it after she did

once she had eaten it.

We live in an age where

نَحنُ صِرنا في زَمانٍ لا

نَحنُ صِرنا في زَمانٍ لا

نَرى فيهِ ملاذا

نَرى فيهِ ملاذا

We have come to an age in which we do not

We see no refuge

see any refuge.

The fish of the sea like my heart

سَمكُ البَحرِ كَقَلبي

سَمكُ البَحرِ كَقَلبي

لَيسَ مَن قالَ لِماذا

لَيسَ مَن قالَ لِماذا

The sea's fish are like my heart—

No one asks why

no one has asked, 'Why?'

Just as one is eaten

مِثلَما تُؤكل هذه

مِثلَما تُؤكل هذه

تُأكَلُ الغاداتُ هذا

تُأكَلُ الغاداتُ هذا

Just as this fish is eaten,

So are the beautiful eaten thus

the maidens eat this heart.

Oh, fisher of fish

إيهِ يا صائِدَةَ الأَسماكِ

إيهِ يا صائِدَةَ الأَسماكِ

لَستُ السَمَكَه

لَستُ السَمَكَه

Ah, fisherwoman,

I'm not a fish

I am not the fish.

Turn your hooks away from my heart

حَوِّلي الأَشراكَ عَن قَلبي

حَوِّلي الأَشراكَ عَن قَلبي

وَكفّي الحَرَكَه

وَكفّي الحَرَكَه

Turn the snares away from my heart,

And stop your movement

and stop moving.

For my heart is caught in

إِنَّ قَلبي عالِقٌ في

إِنَّ قَلبي عالِقٌ في

غَيرِ هذهِ الشَبَكَه

غَيرِ هذهِ الشَبَكَه

For my heart is caught in

Another net than this

a net other than this one.