[Intro]
Ya Maḥsin, ya lāzim nkhzen
Nshouf al-ḥal, ya ghali, nistann
[Verse 1]
Shuf al-ḥaṣra, naktub l-ʿārḍ, nsafer rotba
Nishtari al-kalb wnaṣḥab al-khabra, bi-l-ḥikma nshārah
Nqūm nistaḥlīq, nḍawż dūr, la nufš l-mashāla
Meal by meal, naktim al-fataḥ, bqāyā zīya l-rāḥa
[Pre-Chorus]
Kul yawm nqūl: nḥafḍ, nfarḍ, nṣāṇḍa
Bi-ṭarīqa ṣaḥīḥa, nastaḥīl al-damāʿa
[Chorus]
Ayyam maḥmūda, nḥāfḍu l-zamān
Namnā l-fikra, nqūm nashāb l-ruḥān
Maḥālli nashqā, maʿ ḥubbnā nashrab al-fān
Ya Maḥsin, shanū̄nā malāḥ, nūdīl al-ʼamān
[Verse 2]
Nakhudh l-kitāb, nuktub bi-l-nakḍ, nursedna al-ḥulum
Nqul: al-kalām ḥukm, al-‘aql yufakkir fī al-sulum
Nujibat al-ashjār, nashkhāṣ al-khurūj min al-zulum
Maʿa al-qisāss, nufīḍ al-ḥubb fī qulūb al-nādhum
[Pre-Chorus]
Nasmaʿ lil-ṣawt, nisīr ʿinda al-bab yarfʿ
Nistakshif al-ruʿūf, nabsat al-awrāq wa-n3arf
[Chorus]
Ayyam maḥmūda, nḥāfḍu l-zamān
Namnā l-fikra, nqūm nashāb l-ruḥān
Maḥālli nashqā, maʿ ḥubbnā nashrab al-fān
Ya Maḥsin, shanū̄nā malāḥ, nūdīl al-ʼamān
[Bridge]
Nufakkir fi al-mustaqbal, nākhudh al-ḥulm wa-nabni
Bi-kalam sākin, nashtaʿil al-ḥubb, yumkinā
[Chorus]
Ayyam maḥmūda, nḥāfḍu l-zamān
Namnā l-fikra, nqūm nashāb l-ruḥān
Maḥālli nashqā, maʿ ḥubbnā nashrab al-fān
Ya Maḥsin, shanū̄nā malāḥ, nūdīl al-ʼamān
[Outro]
Ya Maḥsin, lā tansā l-ahdāf, nistadīr bi-l-Ḥaqq
Nabqā maʿanā, hādhā al-ʿālam yatrāʿ