Shine on me.
Shine on me.
I wonder if the lighthouse
Will shine on me.

Is a light shinin' above?
Is it shinin' above in the heavens for me?
I'm wonderin', wonderin', wonderin' if there's a light
that is shinin' above in the heavens for me.

Will it shine on me?

fōg elnā khel, fōg, ya ba,
fōg elnā khel, fōg

madrī lāma´ khāddah, ya
ba, maderi-l-gūmar, fōg

wAlla mā rīdāh, bālīnī
balwā

khaddak līma´ yā huwāy,
´eyni, wāḍwa ´lā Baghdād

metma´nī Rabbāk bīk,
´eyni, wib-khilgitak jād

wAlla sābīnī, wibḥāli-sh-

sawwā

bAlla yā mājra-l-may, ya

ba, sallem ´ālēyhum,

´ālēyhum

sa´bāna-l-furgā ´ālay, ya

ba, shtagnā īlēyhum,
īlēyhum


wAlla mā rīdāh, bālīnī
balwā

There above, I have an
intimate friend.

Is it his cheek that shone? Or is
it the moon up above?

By God, I do not want him; his
love troubles me.

Your cheek shone, my love,
and lit over Baghdad.

God took his time creating
you, and was indeed generous.

By God, I am taken by him; I
don't know what to do with myself.

By God, o river, give
my regards to them.

It's so hard being apart; I do
long for my loved ones.

By God, I do not want him; his
love troubles me.

No me busques en los montes por altos que sean,

ni me busques en la mar, por grande que te parezca.

Búscame aquí, en esta tierra llana, con puente y pinar,

con alena y agua lenta,

donde se escucha volar aunque el sonido se pierda,

aunque el sonido se pierda.

Do not look for me in the wilderness, however high,

nor look for me in the sea, however wide it seems.

Look for me here, in this flat land, with bridge and pine grove,

with battlements and slow water,

where one can hear it float although the sound fades away,

although the sound fades away.