يا عين ما طول الجَفا ما زالي
هلي تَري دَمعك قطر يحلالي
O eye, how long has estrangement endured
Do you see your tear like a melting pearl?
هلي وجوحي يا حزيني ونوحي
لا شك روحي مفارقة دَلالي
Does my anguish and grief make you grieve?
Surely my soul has parted from its companion
اللي ضناني يا حلو وَشَقاني
بعد المكاني وَالحَرَس مازالي
He who denied me, O sweet one, has pained me
After being with me, the guards remain no more
لني مدشر يا ظريف المعشر
ما كان الأَقشر كل يوم قبالي
To me he was a pleasure, O gentle company
The unkind one was not everyday before me
ما كان وقفلي حرس عالبابي
من جورهم شحمي ولحمي ذابي
My door was not locked, guarded
From their tyranny, my fat and flesh melted
وَاللي ضنى جسمي وَليفي غابي
من فرقتو ياناس عايف حالي
He who denied my body and was absent from me
Because of your separation, people, my state is lost
من بعدهم ياناس عايف روحي
وَحاضَت على رش الذرور جُروحي
Because of them, people, my soul is lost
And my wounds gushed with scattering sparks
من عام الأول يا حلو مطروحي
عيان صايبني مرض سلالي
Since the first year, O sweet, I've been thrown down
Ill, stricken by a family disease
مرضان يا محبوب من فرقاكم
درياق قلبي بالشفا لقياكم
Two diseases, O beloved, from your separation
An antidote for my heart is to see you
ان كان تالي العُمر فارقناكُم
بيكون طالعنا زحل والفالي
If, after this life, we part from you
Saturn and Mars will have risen over us
بيكون طالعنا زحل والبرجي
قلب الشَقي قطاب شوفك يرجى
Saturn and Mars will have risen over the unfortunate heart
Your face, hoping to see you, will yearn
من غير شيلك للحلق وَالعرجي
وَجهك مثل بدر الدُجى شعالي
Without your cheek and chin for my throat and chest
Your face is like the full moon shining
وَجهك مثل بَدر الدُجى يحلالي
وَكذيلتو ريش الظليم العالي
And your locks like the high dark night
Your head crowned with gold
وَالراس طاس من الذهب شيالي
مَرصوف من فوق الجبين يلالي
Arranged over the shining forehead in waves
Arranged over the shining forehead
مرصوف من فوق الجَبين الزاهي
يا عال يا راعي الجعد يا ناهي
O lofty one, O shepherd of the curly hair
If she were with the gazelles, I would say where is she
لوهي مع الغزلان قلت اينا هي
بتضيع لَولا مبسماً وَالخالي
She would be lost without a smile and mole
She would be lost among the flowers and bushes
بتضيع بين الوضح بالخلياني
يابو الحَلا يا كامل المعاني
O owner of beauty, O perfect in meaning
You ride out hunting and have excess and adventure
تسوي السرح وَالفضل والجولاني
وَمِن السَلايل خمس ميت سلالي
And of the horses, five hundred thoroughbreds
And the five hundred with their equipment and gear
وَالخَمس ميه بالطقم وَالعدة
وَميتين حمل من الذهب منعده
And two hundred loaded with gold treasures
By God, by God's safety, this is true
اللَه وَأَمان اللَه الحكي من جده
لاقول سومك ما وقف يا غالي
I say your price, O gentle stature
Is more than what this quarter's people have told me
أَقول سومك يا ظريف الطولي
أَكثر من اللي هالربع حطولي
In my view, your beauty weakened me
And the soul is not sold for wealth
عندي وزينك نفسنا المعلولي
وَالنَفس ما تنباع بالأَموال
The soul has no beauty but you, O sweet fair one
O messenger, take my letter and go
وَالنَفس ما الها وزين نوده
غير أَنت يا حلو النبا وَالقده
See if the beloved asks about me
If they ask after me, my loved ones
يا طارشي خُذ لي كتابي ووده
شوف الحَبيب إِن كان عنا سالي
O my love, my head has turned gray over them
My body is worn out, who will carry my clothes
إِن كان عنا يسألون حبابي
يا حوبتي راسي عليهم شابي
And death, because of their estrangement, is lawful to me
Their estrangement weakened my strength and cunning
جسمي فني عيا يشيل ثيابي
وَالمُوت عن هجرانهم بحلالي
O my passion, O owner of the hair and braid
I lament and your image long into the night
هجرانهم هد القوى وَالحيلي
يا مُهجَتي يابو الزلف وَكذيلي
And morning comes with my tears flowing
I have no one to complain to and remain wandering in the wild
أَندب وَشخصكم طَويل الليلي
وَالصُبح بان وَدَمعتي سيالي
The tears of separation flowing on my cheeks
Crazed, lost, always sitting, standing
لا سوح وابقى في البَراري هايم
دَمع البَيابي فوق خدي عايم
After you I have no loyal friend
I have no friend in these foreign lands
مهبول ضايع دوم قاعد قايم
من بعدكم مالي صديق والي
O owner of tales, gatherings and tracks
I vow to whoever comes in your image
مالي صديق بديرة الأَتراك
يابو السوالف والحلق وَتراكي
I will give him my soul and all my wealth
نذراً علي من لفى ببشراكي
لاعطيه روحي مع جَميع مَوالي
