ماذا يَقولُ الَّذي يُغَنّي

ماذا يَقولُ الَّذي يُغَنّي

يا خَيرَ مَن تَحتَ ذي السَماءِ

يا خَيرَ مَن تَحتَ ذي السَماءِ

What does the one who sings say?

What does he who sings say

What words are these the singer chants,

O best of those beneath this sky,

O best of those under the sky

O best of all beneath the sky?

شَغَلتَ قَلبي بِلَحظِ عَيني

شَغَلتَ قَلبي بِلَحظِ عَيني

إِلَيكَ عَن حُسنِ ذا الغِناءِ

إِلَيكَ عَن حُسنِ ذا الغِناءِ

You have distracted my heart with my eye's gaze

You have occupied my heart with a glance of my eyes

You seized my heart with my own gaze,

Toward you, away from the beauty of this singing.

To you, over the beauty of this singing

And turned me from the song's sweet sigh.