يا زمان العجايب وش بعد ما ظهر

يا زمان العجايب وش بعد ما ظهر

كل ما قلت هانت جد علمٍ جديد

كل ما قلت هانت جد علمٍ جديد

O age of wonders, what has yet to appear?

O time of wonders, what comes after has appeared

Whenever I say it has eased, fresh news arrives.

Everything I said has truly become a new science

إن حكينا ندمنا وإن سكتنا قهر

إن حكينا ندمنا وإن سكتنا قهر

بين قلبٍ عطيب وبين راس عنيد

بين قلبٍ عطيب وبين راس عنيد

If we speak, we regret it; and if we stay silent, we are tormented.

If we speak we regret and if we stay silent it's coercion

Between a wounded heart and a stubborn head.

Between a kind heart and a stubborn head

لو تفيد المدامع كان أسيّل نهر

لو تفيد المدامع كان أسيّل نهر

مير كثر التوجّد والدمع ما يفيد

مير كثر التوجّد والدمع ما يفيد

If tears could help, I would make a river flow.

If tears were of benefit it would be an easy river

But so much yearning and so many tears do no good.

They flow abundantly but tears are of no use

اصبر ايام واشهر واتصبرّ دهر

اصبر ايام واشهر واتصبرّ دهر

وان حصلّ لي مناتي جيت لوني بعيد

وان حصلّ لي مناتي جيت لوني بعيد

I endure for days and months, and force myself to endure an age.

Be patient days, months and be patient an epoch

And if my wish came true, I would come, even if I were far away.

And if I get what I wish for, my complexion has changed

ارجي الله واراقب كل طالع شهر

ارجي الله واراقب كل طالع شهر

يجلي الهم عني أو عسى ما يزيد

يجلي الهم عني أو عسى ما يزيد

I place my hope in God and watch each new month begin.

I hope in God and observe every rising moon

May it lift the sorrow from me—or at least not increase it.

To remove the worry from me or perhaps increase it

يا غزالٍ فضوح الزّين عنه أشتهر

يا غزالٍ فضوح الزّين عنه أشتهر

في عيوني ملاك ووسط قلبي وحيد

في عيوني ملاك ووسط قلبي وحيد

O dazzling gazelle, whose beauty has become renowned.

O gazelle, your beauty is famous

In my eyes, you are an angel, and in my heart, the only one.

In my eyes an angel and alone in my heart

مخطي اللي يشبّه وجنتك بالزهر

مخطي اللي يشبّه وجنتك بالزهر

الزهر ما له رماحٍ تصيب وتصيد

الزهر ما له رماحٍ تصيب وتصيد

Whoever likens your cheek to blossoms is mistaken.

I erase those who compare your cheeks to flowers

Blossoms have no spears that strike and ensnare.

Flowers have no spears that injure and hunt

لو جحدت المحبة سقم حالي جهر

لو جحدت المحبة سقم حالي جهر

مير ما كل قلبٍ ياصل اللي يريد

مير ما كل قلبٍ ياصل اللي يريد

Even if I denied my love, my ailing state would proclaim it.

If I denied love, my condition would be exposed

But not every heart attains what it desires.

Not every heart reaches what it wants