غَرُبَت بِالمَشرِق الشَم

غَرُبَت بِالمَشرِق الشَم

سُ فَقُل لِلعَينِ تَدمَع

سُ فَقُل لِلعَينِ تَدمَع

In the East has set the su—

The sun has set in the east

—n; so bid the eye shed tears.

So say to the teary eye

ما رَأَينا قَطّ شَمساً

ما رَأَينا قَطّ شَمساً

غَرُبَت مِن حَيثُ تَطلَع

غَرُبَت مِن حَيثُ تَطلَع

Never have we seen a sun

We've never seen a sun

set in the very place where it rises.

Set from where it does rise