أَلا ياكاهِنَ المِصرِ ال

لَذي يَنظُرُ في الزَيتِ

Oh priest who sees the future in oil

Do you see me living until

تُراني عائِشاً حَتّى

أَرى عَبدَةَ في البَيتِ

I see Abda in the house?

He said come closer, I see death

فَقالَ اِدنُ أَرى مَوتاً

وَدَوراً سابِقَ المَوتِ

And fate faster than death.

A neighbor whose voice we know

وَقَد قالَت لَنا جارِ

يَةٌ تَعرِفُ في الصَوتِ

Said, do you cry from missing love?

Don't cry from what you missed.

أَمِن فَوتِ الهَوى تَبكي

فَلا تَبكِ مِنَ الفَوتِ

I will sneak her to you

Even if she's on a whale.

سَأَرقيها فَتَأتيكَ

وَلَو كانَت عَلى حوتِ

So I said walk straight for us

With what you fasted and prayed.

فَقُلتُ اِمشي لَنا قَصداً

بِما صُمتِ وَصَلَّيتِ

Oh, how good your words are,

How you bring glad tidings and wishes.

فَيا حُسناً لِما قُلتِ

وَبَشَّرتِ وَمَنَّيتِ

When worries come to us you are

With worries, so you inspire hope.

إِذا هَمَّت بِنا كُنتِ

مَعَ الهَمِّ فَأَملَيتِ

If forgetfulness takes her you

Remind and name her.

وَإِن مالَ بِها النِسيا

نُ ذَكَّرتِ وَسَمَّيتِ

Life is sweet for me through her

With what she blocked and dammed.

وَطابَ العَيشُ لي مِنها

بِما سَدَّت وَسَدَّيتِ

Take my love for what you tested me with

And entrusted me to and made first.

خُذي وُدّي بِما أَبلَي

تِني فيهِ وَأَولَيتِ

Oh, if only what is hidden

Were like what you started and founded.

أَلا يا لَيتَ ما يَخفى

كَما أَبدَت وَأَبدَيتِ

She said, from what we were lead

To you the soul is made of if only.

فَقالَت في الَّذي سُقنا

إِلَيكَ الرَوحُ مِن لَيتِ