دستور يالساحل الغربـي

دستور يالساحل الغربـي

فلّيت في بحرك شراعـي

فلّيت في بحرك شراعـي

With your leave, O western coast.

O western shore

I unfurled my sail upon your sea.

If only in your sea were my sails

ياموج هوّن علـى قلبـي

ياموج هوّن علـى قلبـي

داعيه من شطّكـم داعـي

داعيه من شطّكـم داعـي

O waves, be gentle with my heart.

O wave, be gentle with my heart

A caller from your shore beckons it—

Calling out to you, a caller

اللي لهـا مبسـمٍ عذبـي

اللي لهـا مبسـمٍ عذبـي

رعبوب و عيونها وساعي

رعبوب و عيونها وساعي

She whose smile is sweet,

She whose smile is sweet

A delicate beauty, with wide eyes.

My lord and her watchful eyes

مملوحـه زادهـا ربّـي

مملوحـه زادهـا ربّـي

لفتة ظبي يـوم يرتاعـي

لفتة ظبي يـوم يرتاعـي

Lovely—my Lord has further graced her with

Salty provision granted by my Lord

A gazelle’s turn when it takes fright.

A gazelle's glance when she is startled

لو ما تهيّت على دربـي

لو ما تهيّت على دربـي

لقتنـي بدربهـا ساعـي

لقتنـي بدربهـا ساعـي

Had she not appeared along my path,

Had she not come to my path

She would have found me making my way along hers.

She'd have found me on her path seeking

حنّيتها من حمـل ذنبـي

حنّيتها من حمـل ذنبـي

لى مت  وعيونها تراعي

لى مت وعيونها تراعي

I pitied her for the guilt she would bear on my account,

I bent her under the weight of my sin

If I died while her eyes looked on.

If only I'd died with her eyes watching me