1. كم غربتنا الريحْ

    قلبي عناقيدو

    How greatly the wind has exiled us!

    My heart is his grape clusters;

  2. عرف الهوى تجريحْ

    لكن أنا اريدو

    it has known love's wounding,

    but I want him.

  3. لا تسألوا شو صارْ

    عاشق أنا أسمرْْ

    Do not ask what happened.

    I am in love with a dark-complexioned man.

  4. من ضحكتو الأنهارْ

    بتتزنر بعنبرْ

    From his laughter, the rivers

    gird themselves with ambergris.

  5. يشبه عريس الزينْ

    شامه على خدو

    He resembles beauty's bridegroom,

    a beauty mark upon his cheek.

  6. يذرف دموع العينْ

    وحاير أنا بعدو

    He sheds tears from his eyes,

    and I am bewildered without him.

  7. يا حاملين المي

    صعب الفراق وهمْْ

    O bearers of water,

    parting is hard and brings sorrow.

  8. أدفع عمر وشوي

    وخلوا الشمل يلتمْْ.

    I would pay a lifetime and a little more;

    and let those parted reunite.

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