ان الغواني جنة ريحانها
نضرُ الحياة فأين عنها نعزف
The songs are a garden, their fragrance
Makes life bloom, so why should we turn from them?
لولا ملاحتهن ما كانت لنا
دنيا نلذُّ بها ولا نتصرفُ
Without their saltiness there would be for us
No world we could savor or call our own.
