حرَّموا بنت الدَّوالي

حرَّموا بنت الدَّوالي

ما لِما شاؤا وما لي

ما لِما شاؤا وما لي

They forbade the daughter of the vines.

They forbade the daughter of Dawali

What have their wishes to do with me?

Not for what they wanted, nor for me

إنَّ في قلبيَ خمرًا

إنَّ في قلبيَ خمرًا

هيَ من عصر الليالي

هيَ من عصر الليالي

Indeed, there is wine in my heart,

In my heart there is wine

Pressed from the nights,

Distilled from the nights

عُتِّقت في بطن وادٍ

عُتِّقت في بطن وادٍ

بين هاتيك الجبالِ

بين هاتيك الجبالِ

Aged in the belly of a valley,

Freed in the belly of a valley

Among those mountains.

Between those mountains

كلَّما روحي احتستها

كلَّما روحي احتستها

خطر الشعرُ لبالي

خطر الشعرُ لبالي

Whenever my soul sips it,

Whenever my soul sips it

Poetry comes to my mind.

Poetry springs to my mind

هكذا يفنى زماني

هكذا يفنى زماني

وأنا راضٍ بحالي

وأنا راضٍ بحالي

Thus my time passes away,

Thus my time passes

And I am content with my lot.

And I'm content with my state