قُل لِحُبّى قَرِّبيني

قُل لِحُبّى قَرِّبيني

أَنتِ نَفسي وَحَياتي

أَنتِ نَفسي وَحَياتي

Say to Hubba: draw me close.

Say to my love, bring me near

You are my soul and my life,

You are my soul and my life

وَهُمومي حينَ أَعدو

وَهُمومي حينَ أَعدو

وَحَديثي في صَلاتي

وَحَديثي في صَلاتي

And my cares when I run,

And my concerns when I flee

And my words in my prayer.

And my words in my prayers

حُبَّ إِنَّ البُخلَ شَرٌّ

حُبَّ إِنَّ البُخلَ شَرٌّ

لَيسَ مِن فِعلِ السَراةِ

لَيسَ مِن فِعلِ السَراةِ

Hubba, miserliness is indeed an evil,

Love, stinginess is surely an evil

Not the way of the noble.

Not the way of the generous

فَصِليني أَو دَعيني

فَصِليني أَو دَعيني

نُصُباً لِلزائِراتِ

نُصُباً لِلزائِراتِ

So unite with me, or leave me

So join me or leave me

An idol for visiting women.

As fuel for visitors

حُبَّ لَو شِئتِ اِلتَقَينا

حُبَّ لَو شِئتِ اِلتَقَينا

مَجلِساً قَبلَ المَماتِ

مَجلِساً قَبلَ المَماتِ

Hubba, if you wished, we would meet

Love, if you wished we'd meet

For a sitting before death.

Before death in gathering

فَأَعَشناكِ وَعِشنا

فَأَعَشناكِ وَعِشنا

بِهَناتٍ وَهَناتِ

بِهَناتٍ وَهَناتِ

Then we would give you life, and live ourselves,

And we'd live, you'd enliven us

With this and that.

With whispers and murmurs

قَد تَصَبَّرتُ وَلَكِن

قَد تَصَبَّرتُ وَلَكِن

لَيسَ صَبري بِمُواتي

لَيسَ صَبري بِمُواتي

I have forced myself to be patient, but

I've shown patience but my patience

My patience will not oblige.

Is not everlasting

وَتَذَكَّرتُكِ في الحَي

وَتَذَكَّرتُكِ في الحَي

يِ فَفاضَت عَبَراتي

يِ فَفاضَت عَبَراتي

And I remembered you in the quarter,

And I remembered you alive

So my tears overflowed.

So my tears flowed freely

وَتَناسَيتُ لِأَنسى

وَتَناسَيتُ لِأَنسى

فَاِعتَراني كَالسُباتِ

فَاِعتَراني كَالسُباتِ

And I pretended to forget, so I might forget,

And I forgot to forget

Then something like deep sleep overcame me.

So sleep overcame me

وَبَدا لي مَلَكُ المَو

وَبَدا لي مَلَكُ المَو

تِ يُغَشّيني وَفاتي

تِ يُغَشّيني وَفاتي

And the Angel of Death appeared to me,

And death's angel appeared

Enshrouding me in my death.

To overwhelm me, take me

إِنَّ حُبّى سَحَرَتني

إِنَّ حُبّى سَحَرَتني

بِالأَماني وَالعِداتِ

بِالأَماني وَالعِداتِ

Indeed, Hubba has bewitched me

My love has bewitched me

With hopes and promises,

With wishes and promises

بِدَلالٍ وَحَديثٍ

بِدَلالٍ وَحَديثٍ

مِثلِ تَنويرِ النَباتِ

مِثلِ تَنويرِ النَباتِ

With coquetry and talk

With favors and talk

Like the blossoming of plants.

Like the blossoming of plants

وَلَها عَينٌ وَثَغرٌ

وَلَها عَينٌ وَثَغرٌ

مِن كِبارِ الفَتَناتِ

مِن كِبارِ الفَتَناتِ

And her eye and her mouth

She has an eye and a lip

Are among the greatest temptations,

Of the greatest temptations

وَجَمالٌ وَدَلالٌ

وَجَمالٌ وَدَلالٌ

مِثلُ دَلِّ القاصِراتِ

مِثلُ دَلِّ القاصِراتِ

And her beauty and coquetry

Beauty and charm

Are like the coyness of modest women.

Like the charm of maidens

أَنا مِمَّن عَذَّبَ اللَ

أَنا مِمَّن عَذَّبَ اللَ

هُ بِحُبّى وَالوُشاةِ

هُ بِحُبّى وَالوُشاةِ

I am among those whom God has tormented

I'm one who God has tormented

Through Hubba and the tale-bearers.

With my love and the slanderers

فَعَلى حُبّى عَويلي

فَعَلى حُبّى عَويلي

وَإِلى اللَهِ شَكاتي

وَإِلى اللَهِ شَكاتي

So my wailing is over Hubba,

So for my love is my lament

And my complaint is to God.

And to God are my complaints