بكيت يدمع يفوق السحاب

بكيت يدمع يفوق السحاب

إلى أن جرى الماء حولي وساحا

إلى أن جرى الماء حولي وساحا

I wept with tears surpassing the clouds,

I wept tears beyond the clouds' downpour

Until water flowed around me and spread.

Until the water streamed around me far and wide

ولو لم أكن رجلاً سابحاً

ولو لم أكن رجلاً سابحاً

غرقت وألزمت نفسي الجناحا

غرقت وألزمت نفسي الجناحا

And had I not been a man who could swim,

Had I not been a man who swims

I would have drowned and burdened myself with guilt.

I would have drowned and given myself wings