لي فيك من جهة المنارة معهد

لي فيك من جهة المنارة معهد

ذهب الصبا وسناه ملء سوادي

ذهب الصبا وسناه ملء سوادي

In you, on the lighthouse side, I have a familiar haunt.

You have a place in my heart near the minaret,

Youth has passed, yet its radiance fills my darkness.

My youth is gone, and my hair filled with gray,

إذ كنت مفترجي وكان يروعني

إذ كنت مفترجي وكان يروعني

نزق المياه وحلم كل جماد

نزق المياه وحلم كل جماد

When you were my lookout, and I was awed by

When I was your amusement, and frightened by

The waters’ impetuousness and the forbearance of every lifeless thing.

The gurgling of water and the dreams of inanimate things.