أصبحت سلمى ملولاً

أصبحت سلمى ملولاً

تحسبُ القلبَ جمادا

تحسبُ القلبَ جمادا

Salma has grown fickle,

Salma has become indifferent

She takes the heart for a lifeless thing.

She thinks the heart is lifeless

تزدري الحبَّ وتُبدي

تزدري الحبَّ وتُبدي

السُخطَ بغياً وعنادا

السُخطَ بغياً وعنادا

She scorns love and displays

She scorns love and shows

Displeasure, unjustly and defiantly.

Anger and stubbornness

وتريكَ الصدَّ الوا

وتريكَ الصدَّ الوا

ناً ولا تخشى المعادا

ناً ولا تخشى المعادا

And shows you rejection in many

And you see her turning away

Forms, nor does she fear the hereafter.

Fearlessly and unbothered

ذهبَ العهدُ هباءً

ذهبَ العهدُ هباءً

وغدا الوصلُ جهادا

وغدا الوصلُ جهادا

The pledge has vanished like dust,

The promise has vanished

And union has become a struggle.

And closeness has become a struggle

ليتَ هذا الصبّ يقضي

ليتَ هذا الصبّ يقضي

علّها تقضي مرادا

علّها تقضي مرادا

Would that this lovesick man might die,

If only this passion would end

Perhaps she might fulfill a wish.

So she may fulfill her wish

كان يرضيها دنوٌّ

كان يرضيها دنوٌّ

اصبحت تهوى البعادا

اصبحت تهوى البعادا

Closeness once pleased her;

Being near her once pleased her

She has come to love separation.

Now she desires distance

اكذا كلُّ الغواني

اكذا كلُّ الغواني

ليس يرعين الودادا

ليس يرعين الودادا

Are all beautiful women like this,

Thus are all beautiful women

Showing no regard for affection?

Loyalty they do not uphold

ماتَ في قلبكِ حبي

ماتَ في قلبكِ حبي

ولذا أُكسى السوادا

ولذا أُكسى السوادا

My love has died in your heart,

My love in your heart has died

And so I am clothed in black.

And so I am clothed in black