RROOM-TAA[1] D KHI-SHAA[2] KLEE-LEE[3]
-i stood-[3] on the hill[1] of
suffering[2] (the graveyard)
KHAA SHIM-SHAA[4] TAA-ZAA[5] GNEE-TAA[6]
a sun[4] freshly[5] set[6]
KHISH-LOON -CHOOL BUY-AANO-[7]
-all who love her-[7] have left
BNO-SHEE[8] PISH-LEE MIN KHLEE-TAA[9]
to be left alone[8] with my sweet[9]
BE-TO[10] SIQ-LAA[11] MIN WER-DEH[12]
-her house-[10] (grave), decorated[11] with flowers[12]
SHIN-TAA[13] YAA-RRIKH-TAA[14] TdLEE-TAA[15]
she has -fallen asleep-[15] a long[14] sleep[13] (she died)
LI-BEE[16] MIL-YEH[17] MIN DERR-DEH[18]
-my heart-[16] filled[17] with scars/pain[18]
ZMI-RREE[19] ZEMRR-TO[20] KHAA-RRE-TAA[21]
-i sang-[19] her last[21] song[20]
AAAHAA... SHI-NEH[22] WI-RROON[23] MUY-RREH[24] QAA-TEE
aaaahaaa... the years[22] of bitterness[24] passed[23]
LA TdEE-LOON[] DU-MAA[26] MIN AAY-NAA-TEE[27]
that even the tears[26] in -my eyes-[27] have not seen.
LA KHAA-DOOTAA[28] PISH-LAA L' PAA-TEE[29]
no happiness[28] stayed on my face[29] (never a permanent happiness)
KHDI-RROON KHI-SHAA L' ZMERR-YAA-TEE
the sufferings circulated in my songs
KHAA[30] YOO-MAA[31] MI-RREE[32] -BESAA KHEENAA-[33]
one[30] day[31] -i told-[32] myself that -that is enough-[33]
SNEE-QEN[34] L' KHAA KHOO-BAA NAAP-LEE-NAA
-i am in need-[34] to fall in love
NEE-SHEE SAA-NIT LI-BEE MIN KHI-SHAA
the goal is to purge the sufferings from my heart
LA NEE-SHAA[35] D QAA-TO MEN-SHI-NAA[36]
not the goal[35] -to forget her-[36]
AA-MEN[] L' DE RROOM-TAA
on the hill (graveyard)
MIN KHOO-BEE KHAA-TAA[38] CHLEE-LAAN
with my new[38] love, we stood
OOL-OOL[39] BE-TAA D KHLEE-TAA
above[39] the house (grave) of my sweet
KHAA JIP-TAA[40] D AAN-WEH[41] KHZEE-LAAN
we saw a grape[41] vine[40]
KHOOT[42] TdLAA-NEE-TO[43] SHAA-MAAN-TAA[44]
underneath[42] her ??[44] shadow[43]
MIN AAN-WO KHUM-RRAA[45] SHTEE-LAAN[46]
from her grapes, -we drank-[46] her wine[45]
B'ZMAA-RRAA[47], BIKH-YAA[48] MUY-RRAA
singing[47], and crying[48] bitterly
JOO DAARR-PEH[49] QAA-TO SHTEE-LAAN
in her leaves[49] (the leaves were folded into cups) we drank her soul
AAAAHAAAA... QAA-LAA[50] D KHLEE-TAA TEE-LAA L' NAA-TEE[51]
aaaahaaa... the voice[50] of my sweet came to -my ears-[51]
KHIL-YEE AA-TEN[52] ---ZLIM-LOOKH QAA-TEE---[53]
my sweet, ---you[52] have tormented me---[53]
-DAA-KHEE M'SEE-LOOKH-[54] SHAA-TET DI-MEE[55]
-how could you-[54] drink -my blood-[55]
MIN -KHAA KHEE-TAA-[56] QAAM AAY-NAA-TEE
with another[56] in front of my eyes
YAA MOO-KHI-BEE[57] KHAA-YIN[58] WEE-LOOKH
oh -my love-[57], you have turned your back on me (become a traitor[58])
DI-MEE SIP-YAA[59] NAA-CHAARR[60] SHTEE-LOOKH
you have drank my pure[59] blood in ???[60]
EE-MAAN KHUM-RRAA D SIP-TO[61] TdMEE-LOOKH[62]
when -you tasted-[62] the wine (my blood) on -her lips-[61]
PAAGH-RREE[63] TVEE-NAA[64], CHIT-VEH[65] ZRREE-LOOKH[66]
-you planted-[66] cactus/thorns[65] on my numb[64] body[63].
AAAHAAA... YAA MOO-KHIB-TAA BE-SAA SHMEE-LEE[67]
aaaahaaa... oh my love, -i have heard-[67] enough
DERR-DEH D KHOO-BAAKH QAAM QAATd-LEE-LEE[68]
the sufferings of your heart -have killed me-[68]
QAAT LA WEE-LEE KHAA-YIN AAL-AAKH
so that i would not become a traitor to you
DIP-NAAKH[69] BE-TAA SHOOQ BAA-NEE-LEE[70]
let them -build me-[70] a house (grave) -next to you-[69]
IQ-RRAA[71] D JIP-TAAKH BET MAACH-KHI-NEH[72]
and -i shall find-[72] the roots[71] of your vines
MIN SHIRR-YAA-NEE[73] MAASH-TEE-EN-EH
and nourish them with my viens/nerves[73]
KHUM-RRAA SMOO-QAA MURR-VEE-EN-EH[74]
and i shall intoxicate[74] the red wine
CHOO-LEH DE-NEE[75] BET PURR-IN-EH[76]
and -i shall pay-[76] off all of -my debts-[75]