أبلغtell سُميةSumayya أنيthat I لستI am not ناسيَهاforgetting her
أبلغ سُمية أني لست ناسيَها
عمريthroughout my life ولاnor قاضياًsatisfying منfrom حبهاher love حاجيmy need
عمري ولا قاضياً من حبها حاجي
Tell Sumayya that I shall not forget her
As long as I live, nor ever have my fill of her love.
خودa tender young woman كأنas though بهاin her وهناًweakness إذاwhen نهضتshe rises
خود كأن بها وهناً إذا نهضت
تمشيshe walks رويداًslowly كمشيlike the gait of الظالعthe limping one الواجيthe footsore one
تمشي رويداً كمشي الظالع الواجي
A tender young woman, as though she were weak when she rises,
She walks slowly, like the gait of one lame and footsore.