شمس نَهاري كُنتَ يا وَيلَتا

شمس نَهاري كُنتَ يا وَيلَتا

غِبت فَسالَ الدَمعُ أَنهارا

غِبت فَسالَ الدَمعُ أَنهارا

You were the sun of my day—alas!

You were the sun of my day—alas for me!

My sun of daytime, oh how I miss you

You were the sun of my day—oh, woe is me!

You vanished, and my tears flowed like rivers.

You vanished, so tears flowed in rivers.

You left, so tears have poured rivers

You vanished, and tears flowed forth like rivers.

عَلى شَفاً فيكَ بنيت المُنى

عَلى شَفاً فيكَ بنيت المُنى

ما لَبِثَ البُنيانُ أَن هارا

ما لَبِثَ البُنيانُ أَن هارا

On a precipice, I built my hopes upon you;

On a brink I built my hopes in you;

Upon lips in which I built hopes

Upon a precipice I built my hopes in you,

the edifice had scarcely risen before it fell.

The edifice did not take long to collapse.

The edifice did not last, it collapsed

And the structure did not tarry before it crumbled.