يا مَليحاً قَد تَجلّى

فيهِ أَهلُ الحَيّ هاموا

O beautiful one who has appeared

In whom the people of the neighborhood fell in love

سِيَما لَمّا تَحلّى

وَحَلا فيهِ الغَرامُ

Especially when you adorned yourself

And love dwelled within me

قُلت لَمّا لاحَ يجلى

وَاِنجلى عَنّي الظَلامُ

I said when your brightness appeared

And my darkness dispersed from me

هَكَذا العَيشُ وَإِلّا

فَعَلى العَيش السَلامُ

Life is thus, and if not

Then greetings to life

حَبَّذا لَمّا سَقاني

صَفوَ كَأسِ الحُبِّ صِرفا

Blessed is when you quenched my thirst

With the wine of love’s chalice purely

وَحَباني بِالتَداني

وَاِنثَنَى جيداً وَعطفا

And loved me with intimacy

And bent your neck and was gentle

مُبعدٌ في القَلبِ حَلا

وَجَلى عَنّي الظَلام

Absent in heart, beautiful

And my darkness disappeared from me

هَكَذا العَيش وَإِلا

فَعَلى العَيشِ السَلام

Life is thus, and if not

Then greetings to life

يا خَليّ البالِ هَلّا

تَدخل الحان وَتَعشق

O you who carries worries

Why don't you enter the melodies and fall in love

إِنّ لَيل الصَدّ وَلّى

وَصَباحُ الوَصلِ أَشرَق

Surely the night of estrangement has passed

And the dawn of reunion has risen

وَمقامُ الحَبِّ جَلّ

لا يُضاهيهِ مَقامُ

The abode of love is magnificent

Nothing equals its abode

هَكَذا العَيشُ وَإِلّا

فَعَلى العَيشِ السَلامُ

Life is thus, and if not

Then greetings to life