[Intro]
Ketbaw takas ye fiqre so
[Verse 1]
Gato al-ashar, layl yimsik ishraq
Kullu kalam tazhar, fi qulub tufakkar
Nawa el-layl yisrif, wahdati fi musafir
Kul shay’ yitkassab, bass yirthak b-yaqeen
[Chorus]
Ahlamna maombo, fiqri la yuzil
Shams nafsak tishi, lil-ruh el-kasr yikbil
Min al-ḥağ, nurak bidha ya‘ustra
Nud*.araf shu bqalu, amali ma‘ak yanza
[Verse 2]
Kull waqt kasar hada, bas al-ruh b-hudur
Nusaf al-fikr yanzil, min al-samā’ yurud
Nadra lil-aman yakhruj, min khawf al-’āraq
Nukaat al-hubb tazhar, fi khayal al-sahra’
[Pre-Chorus]
Lughati ya’ud fi nafsi, waqti yeshraq
Ilm al-qalb yusbih, wa al-‘aql yashraq
[Chorus]
Ahlamna maombo, fiqri la yuzil
Shams nafsak tishi, lil-ruh el-kasr yikbil
Min al-ḥağ, nurak bidha ya‘ustra
Nud*.araf shu bqalu, amali ma‘ak yanza
[Bridge]
Li-raad al-qamar, n'atafi’ bil-hub
Rahi al-dunya, yundhir shams kul-layl
[Chorus]
Ahlamna maombo, fiqri la yuzil
Shams nafsak tishi, lil-ruh el-kasr yikbil
Min al-ḥağ, nurak bidha ya‘ustra
Nud*.araf shu bqalu, amali ma‘ak yanza
[Outro]
Ketbaw takas ye fiqre so, nahnu ma‘k fi al-dalil
Khilal al-hub nasta’ri, nafsk wa’ina lil-masl