أُحِبُّ مَنْ كلما رأتني

أُحِبُّ مَنْ كلما رأتني

في وجهها للرضى دليلُ

في وجهها للرضى دليلُ

I love her who, whenever she sees me,

I love she who whenever she sees me

has a sign of contentment on her face.

Her face shows a sign of pleasure

ما بخلَتْ لي بيومِ وصلٍ

ما بخلَتْ لي بيومِ وصلٍ

لكنَّ دهري بها بخيلُ

لكنَّ دهري بها بخيلُ

She has never begrudged me a day of union,

She has never been stingy to me with a day of union

but my fate is miserly with her.

But my fate with her has been stingy