أَطَعتِ الآمِرِيكِ بِقَطعِ حَبلِى

مُرِيهِم فِى أَحِبَّتِهِم بِذَاكِ

I obeyed the Americans by cutting off my rope

Show them with their loved ones the same

فَإن هُم طاوعُوكِ فطَاوِعِيهِم

وَإِن عَاصَوكِ فاعصِى مَن عَصَاكِ

If they obey you, then obey them

And if they disobey you, disobey those who disobeyed you

أَمَا وَالرَّاقِصاتِ بِكُلِّ فَجٍّ

وَمَن صَلَّى بِنَعمانِ الأراكِ

By the dancing girls in every valley

And those who prayed at Naʿmān al-Arāk

لَقَد أَضمَرتُ حُبَّكِ فِى فُؤَادِى

وَما أَضمَرتُ حُبّاً مِن سِواكِ

Indeed I have harbored love for you in my heart

And I have not harbored any love other than yours