أَضحى فُؤادُكَ يا وَليدُ عَميدا

أَضحى فُؤادُكَ يا وَليدُ عَميدا

صَبّاً قَديماً لِلحِسانِ صَيودا

صَبّاً قَديماً لِلحِسانِ صَيودا

Your heart, O Walid, has become love-stricken,

Your heart, O Walid, has become a pillar,

a longtime lover, an avid hunter of beautiful women,

An ancient passion for singing eulogies.

مِن حُبِّ واضِحَةِ العَوارِضِ طَفلَةٍ

مِن حُبِّ واضِحَةِ العَوارِضِ طَفلَةٍ

بَرَزَت لَنا نَحوَ الكَنيسَةِ عيدا

بَرَزَت لَنا نَحوَ الكَنيسَةِ عيدا

for love of a tender maiden with gleaming teeth,

For the girl with the clear features, a child

who appeared before us, heading toward the church on a feast day.

Who came out to us towards the church for Eid.

ما زِلتُ أَرمُقُها بِعَينَي وامِقٍ

ما زِلتُ أَرمُقُها بِعَينَي وامِقٍ

حَتّى بَصُرتُ بِها تُقَبِّلُ عودا

حَتّى بَصُرتُ بِها تُقَبِّلُ عودا

I kept watching her with a lover's eyes,

I kept staring at her with my loving eyes

until I saw her kissing a piece of wood.

Until I saw her kiss a pole.

فَسَأَلتُ رَبّي أَن أَكونَ مَكانَهُ

فَسَأَلتُ رَبّي أَن أَكونَ مَكانَهُ

وَأَكونَ في لَهَبِ الجَحيمِ وَقودا

وَأَكونَ في لَهَبِ الجَحيمِ وَقودا

So I asked my Lord that I might take its place,

So I asked my Lord that I take his place

and be fuel in the flames of Hell.

And in hellfire be burning wood.