تعشقته كالغصن والبدر أحورا

تعشقته كالغصن والبدر أحورا

مليحا من الأكراد قد فتن الورى

مليحا من الأكراد قد فتن الورى

I fell in love with him, dark-eyed, like a bough and the full moon,

I loved him like the branch and the full moon adorned

a handsome Kurd who has enchanted humankind.

A beauty among the Kurds who captivated the world

فلا تنكروا أن أقدم الصب في الهوى

فلا تنكروا أن أقدم الصب في الهوى

وأردافه قالت لعاشقه ورا

وأردافه قالت لعاشقه ورا

So do not wonder that the lovesick lover pressed forward in love,

So do not deny that I give my youth in love

when his buttocks told his lover, “Come!”

And his buttocks said to his lover, come