صَفَرmade yellow الحِبُّthe beloved وَجنَتيmy cheek
صَفَر الحِبُّ وَجنَتي
حَمَّرَreddened اللَّهُGod خَدّهُhis cheek
حَمَّرَ اللَّهُ خَدّهُ
The beloved turned my cheek yellow.
My love has faded and withered,
May God redden his cheek.
God has reddened his cheek,
عِشقُهُlove for him رَبّيmy Lord هَزّنيshook me
عِشقُهُ رَبّي هَزّني
هَزَّswayed بِالميسِwith graceful swaying قَدّهُhis figure
هَزَّ بِالميسِ قَدّهُ
Love for him, my Lord, has shaken me.
His love moved me,
He swayed his figure with a graceful gait.
Shook me with tenderness.