حَيِّ طَيفاً مِنَ الأَحِبَّةِ زارا

حَيِّ طَيفاً مِنَ الأَحِبَّةِ زارا

بَعدَما صَرَّعَ الكَرى السُمّارا

بَعدَما صَرَّعَ الكَرى السُمّارا

Greet a phantom from the loved ones that came to visit,

A vision of loved ones came to visit

After slumber had felled the late-night talkers,

After fate had laid the vigilant low

طارِقاً في المَنامِ تَحتَ دُجى اللَي

طارِقاً في المَنامِ تَحتَ دُجى اللَي

لِ ضَنيناً بَأَن يَزورَ نَهارا

لِ ضَنيناً بَأَن يَزورَ نَهارا

Visiting in a dream beneath the darkness of night,

A phantom in a dream beneath the veil of night

Reluctant to visit by day.

Yearning in daylight to appear once more

قُلتُ ما بالُنا جُفينا وَكُنّا

قُلتُ ما بالُنا جُفينا وَكُنّا

قَبلَ ذاكَ الأَسماعَ وَالأَبصارا

قَبلَ ذاكَ الأَسماعَ وَالأَبصارا

I said, "Why have we been shunned, when we were

I said, why did we part and we were

Before this, as dear as hearing and sight?"

Of open ears and eyes as never before

قالَ إِنّا كَما عَهِدتَ وَلَكِن

قالَ إِنّا كَما عَهِدتَ وَلَكِن

شَغَلَ الحَليُ أَهلَهُ أَن يُعارا

شَغَلَ الحَليُ أَهلَهُ أَن يُعارا

He said, "We are as you knew us, but

He said, we're as you've known, but

The jewelry has kept its owners too busy to lend it."

Ornaments distract their wearers evermore