1. قلبي اللي لواه مْن الصواديف  لاوي

    جرّحته الليالي و الحظوظ الرديّه

    My heart, which a twist of fate has wrung,

    The nights and ill fortune have wounded it.

  2. و الله أنّي بوسط الناس كنّي خلاوي

    من يلوم المفارق عقب فرقا  خويّه

    By God, among people I feel as though I were alone in the wilds.

    Who can blame the parted one after separation from his companion?

  3. أشهد ان المفارق من عظيم  البلاوي

    مير هذا نصيبك يالعيون  الشقيّه

    I bear witness that parting is among the gravest calamities.

    But this is your lot, O wretched eyes.

  4. أتجلّد و أقول أنّي على البعد قاوي

    و الله أعلم بقلبٍ فيه الأشواق  حيّه

    I steel myself and say I am strong enough to bear the distance.

    And God knows best about a heart in which longings live.

  5. كيف راحت يابو تركي حياتي شقاوي

    وين درب السعاده و الحياة  الهنيّه

    How has my life passed in misery, Abu Turki?

    Where is the path to happiness and a blissful life?

  6. ليت لأهل الهوى و الحب قاضي دعاوي

    كان أداعي عيون اللي فراقه خطيّه

    If only the people of passion and love had a judge to hear their cases,

    Then I would sue the eyes of the one from whom it is a sin to part.

  7. كنّي المبلي اللي قطّعته  المكاوي

    كلّما جظّ بالونّات زادوه كيّه

    I am like a sufferer torn apart by cautery irons;

    Whenever he groans aloud, they give him another burn.