1. ليلي مثل ليلك ... او همومنا غير

    قلي صباحك مشرقه مع صباحي

    Is my night like yours, or are our sorrows different?

    Tell me: does your morning dawn along with mine?

  2. إنت السما عندك... نجومه ... نواوير

    ومن الفرح عجعج سناها ... وفاحي

    For you, the sky's stars are blossoms,

    And with joy their radiance surged and wafted fragrance.

  3. وانا نجومي ... في الغداري مسامير

    على السما ... دقت بكل النواحي

    But my stars in the darkness are nails,

    Hammered into the sky on every side.

  4. جاك الظلام .. وجاك ربع ومسايير

    وجاني الظلام وكل ما احب راحي

    Darkness came to you, and friends and visitors came too.

    And darkness came to me, and all I love had gone.

  5. علمي بنور الشمس ... وقت المعاذير

    قال الوداع وقلت.. دربك سماحي

    The last I knew of sunlight was when excuses were offered.

    It said farewell, and I said, 'Your path is open.'

  6. كان الالم.. غيثٍ فدمعي محادير

    وكان الندم سيلٍ فخدي .. بطاحي

    If pain is rain, my tears are its downhill streams,

    And if regret is a torrent, my cheek is its broad floodplain.

  7. تقول خل الهم واكفخ كما الطير

    عطني سما ياخوك والوي جناحي

    You say, 'Leave sorrow behind and beat your wings like a bird.'

    Give me a sky, brother, and I'll flex my wing.