يونس [Younes] [English translation]

Coming from my far-off land,

Short of water and provision.

Estrangement’s my partner,

And it’s inescapable.

Whereas you confessing, “I love you,”

There is nothing to love about me.

And what’s love, anyhow, without freedom?

Younis is in the city of yearning,

Oh Hilalia’s daughter.

My tears are my only company,

Being away from my family.

Only if you Aziza, Sultan’s daughter,

Met me in a different time and place.

I would have fallen in love before

You saying “Younis.”

I would have said that this is best,

And my heart would melt,

Before I do.

But it’s out of my hands,

Oh Hilalia’s daughter.

I am Younis, and I am turning callous.

And life became too unbearable.

I am heartless, who would find

My heart for me?

I probably lost it on my way here.

I cannot love you without my heart!

Would you tell her and defend me?