أحبُّ مَنْ كلَّما رأتني

أحبُّ مَنْ كلَّما رأتني

في وجهها للرضى دليلُ

في وجهها للرضى دليلُ

I love the one 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 بخلتْ لي بيومِ وصلٍ

ما بخلتْ لي بيومِ وصلٍ

لكنَّ دهري بها بخيلُ

لكنَّ دهري بها بخيلُ

She has never begrudged me a day of union,

She never stints a day of union with me

but my fate is miserly with her.

Yet my fate with her is miserly