1. يا عين ما طول الجَفا ما زالي

    هلي تَري دَمعك قطر يحلالي

    O eye, how long this estrangement still endures!

    Pour forth—see, your tears are rain that delights me.

  2. هلي وجوحي يا حزيني ونوحي

    لا شك روحي مفارقة دَلالي

    Pour forth and lament, O my sorrowful one, and wail.

    No doubt my soul is parted from my darling.

  3. اللي ضناني يا حلو وَشَقاني

    بعد المكاني وَالحَرَس مازالي

    What has wasted me, O sweet one, and tormented me

    Is the distance, and the guards who still remain.

  4. لني مدشر يا ظريف المعشر

    ما كان الأَقشر كل يوم قبالي

    Were I set free, O charming companion,

    The brute would not be before me every day.

  5. ما كان وقفلي حرس عالبابي

    من جورهم شحمي ولحمي ذابي

    Nor would he have stationed guards at my door.

    From their oppression, my fat and flesh have melted away.

  6. وَاللي ضنى جسمي وَليفي غابي

    من فرقتو ياناس عايف حالي

    And what has wasted my body is my beloved's absence.

    Since parting from him, O people, I loathe myself.

  7. من بعدهم ياناس عايف روحي

    وَحاضَت على رش الذرور جُروحي

    Since their departure, O people, I loathe my own soul.

    And my wounds have bled despite being dusted with healing powder.

  8. من عام الأول يا حلو مطروحي

    عيان صايبني مرض سلالي

    Since last year, O sweet one, I have lain stricken.

    I am ill, afflicted with consumption.

  9. مرضان يا محبوب من فرقاكم

    درياق قلبي بالشفا لقياكم

    I am sick, beloved, from being parted from you.

    Meeting you is the healing antidote for my heart.

  10. ان كان تالي العُمر فارقناكُم

    بيكون طالعنا زحل والفالي

    If at life's end we are parted from you,

    Then Saturn will be our ascendant and our omen.

  11. بيكون طالعنا زحل والبرجي

    قلب الشَقي قطاب شوفك يرجى

    Then Saturn will be our ascendant and our sign.

    The wretched one's heart forever hopes to see you.

  12. من غير شيلك للحلق وَالعرجي

    وَجهك مثل بدر الدُجى شعالي

    Without your wearing earrings and neck ornaments,

    Your face shines like the full moon in the dark.

  13. وَجهك مثل بَدر الدُجى يحلالي

    وَكذيلتو ريش الظليم العالي

    Your face, like the full moon in the dark, delights me.

    And his tresses are the tall male ostrich's plumes.

  14. وَالراس طاس من الذهب شيالي

    مَرصوف من فوق الجبين يلالي

    And the head bears a golden, bowl-shaped cap,

    Set above the brow, gleaming.

  15. مرصوف من فوق الجَبين الزاهي

    يا عال يا راعي الجعد يا ناهي

    Set above the radiant brow.

    O lofty one, O wearer of curls, O flawless one!

  16. لوهي مع الغزلان قلت اينا هي

    بتضيع لَولا مبسماً وَالخالي

    Were she among the gazelles, I would ask: which one is she?

    She would blend in, but for her smiling mouth and beauty mark.

  17. بتضيع بين الوضح بالخلياني

    يابو الحَلا يا كامل المعاني

    She would blend in among the white gazelles in the open country.

    O possessor of beauty, perfect in every quality!

  18. تسوي السرح وَالفضل والجولاني

    وَمِن السَلايل خمس ميت سلالي

    You are worth al-Sarh, al-Fadl, and the Golan,

    And five hundred purebreds of noble stock,

  19. وَالخَمس ميه بالطقم وَالعدة

    وَميتين حمل من الذهب منعده

    Those five hundred with their tack and equipment,

    And two hundred loads of gold, counted out.

  20. اللَه وَأَمان اللَه الحكي من جده

    لاقول سومك ما وقف يا غالي

    By God and God's protection, these words are in earnest.

    I say your price has no limit, O precious one.

  21. أَقول سومك يا ظريف الطولي

    أَكثر من اللي هالربع حطولي

    I say your price, O one of graceful stature,

    Is more than what these companions have set for me.

  22. عندي وزينك نفسنا المعلولي

    وَالنَفس ما تنباع بالأَموال

    I have your equal in worth: our ailing soul.

    And the soul is not sold for money.

  23. وَالنَفس ما الها وزين نوده

    غير أَنت يا حلو النبا وَالقده

    And the soul has no equal we cherish,

    Except you, O lovely in renown and stature.

  24. يا طارشي خُذ لي كتابي ووده

    شوف الحَبيب إِن كان عنا سالي

    O my messenger, take my letter for me and deliver it.

    See whether the beloved is asking after us.

  25. إِن كان عنا يسألون حبابي

    يا حوبتي راسي عليهم شابي

    If my loved ones ask about us,

    Alas, my head has turned gray with grief for them.

  26. جسمي فني عيا يشيل ثيابي

    وَالمُوت عن هجرانهم بحلالي

    My body has wasted away, too weak to carry my clothes.

    And death from their abandonment is lawful for me.

  27. هجرانهم هد القوى وَالحيلي

    يا مُهجَتي يابو الزلف وَكذيلي

    Their abandonment has shattered my strength and vigor.

    O my heart's blood, O you with side-locks and tresses,

  28. أَندب وَشخصكم طَويل الليلي

    وَالصُبح بان وَدَمعتي سيالي

    I lament over your image throughout the long night,

    And dawn has broken, and my tears flow.

  29. لا سوح وابقى في البَراري هايم

    دَمع البَيابي فوق خدي عايم

    I shall roam and remain a wanderer in the wilderness.

    Tears from my eyes float upon my cheek.

  30. مهبول ضايع دوم قاعد قايم

    من بعدكم مالي صديق والي

    Crazed and lost, forever sitting down and standing up.

    Since you left, I have no friend or ally.

  31. مالي صديق بديرة الأَتراك

    يابو السوالف والحلق وَتراكي

    I have no friend in the land of the Turks.

    O you with side-locks, earrings, and ear-pendants,

  32. نذراً علي من لفى ببشراكي

    لاعطيه روحي مع جَميع مَوالي

    I vow: whoever brings glad news of you,

    I shall give him my soul and all my possessions.