يخونكَ مَن بهِ تَـثِـقُ

يخونكَ مَن بهِ تَـثِـقُ

وَينْطِقُ مِثلما نَطقُوا

وَينْطِقُ مِثلما نَطقُوا

The one you trust betrays you,

He who you trust betrays you

and speaks just as they spoke:

And speaks as they spoke

كلامًا ما أصَابَ بهِ

كلامًا ما أصَابَ بهِ

سِوى كَذِبٍ، وما صَدقُوا؟

سِوى كَذِبٍ، وما صَدقُوا؟

words with which he attained nothing

Words that did not hit

but falsehood—and they spoke no truth?

Anything but lies, and they were not truthful

تولّى العابرونَ سُدىً

تولّى العابرونَ سُدىً

قِرَى مائي.. الْـ بهِ غَرِقُوا

قِرَى مائي.. الْـ بهِ غَرِقُوا

The passersby undertook, in vain,

The passers-by have turned away

the hospitality of my water... the— in which they drowned.

From my water villages - in them they drowned

فلا تأمَنْ... كفاكَ هَوَىً

فلا تأمَنْ... كفاكَ هَوَىً

بهِ العُشَّاقُ ما عَشِقُوا

بهِ العُشَّاقُ ما عَشِقُوا

So do not feel safe... enough of a passion

So do not feel safe... your passion is enough

in which the lovers never loved.

For lovers - what they loved