دَلَّهُ دَلَّهُ عَلى إِذلالي

دَلَّهُ دَلَّهُ عَلى إِذلالي

وَنَهاهُ جَمالُهُ عَن وِصالي

وَنَهاهُ جَمالُهُ عَن وِصالي

His coquetry led him to humiliate me,

And his beauty kept him from union with me.

فَنَعيمي بُؤسٌ وَأَيّامُ عَيشي

فَنَعيمي بُؤسٌ وَأَيّامُ عَيشي

في زَمانِ الصُدودِ مِثلُ اللَيالي

في زَمانِ الصُدودِ مِثلُ اللَيالي

So my bliss is misery, and the days of my life

In the time of estrangement are like nights.