يا ليل إحجبني، حجبني بعتمتكيا ليل إملئني، قويني بعتمتكأخوى شاف السر، شاف السر، كان حيبوحأخوى جوا الموج، جوا الموج عمبينوح
والصيادين نائمين
يا بحر رجلي، رجعلي أخوىالموج سرقلى، سرقلى أخوىإخذته حد البحر، خلى المياه تطهرهإخذته حد البحر، دبغت الموج بدمه
والصيادين غافلين، خامدين، نائمين
أخوى مع الحورية، رجعوه لىالموج أخدلى أخوى، رجعوه لى
أخوى راح مع الفجر، رجعوه لىأخوى بقعر البحر، لسا ما عاد لى
Oh night cover me, cover me with your darknessOh night fill me, strengthen me with your darknessMy brother saw the secret, he saw the secret, he was going to reveal itMy brother is inside the wave, inside the wave he laments
And the fishermen are sleeping
Oh sea return to me, return to me my brotherThe wave stole from me, stole from me my brotherI took him to the edge of the sea, let the water cleanse himI took him to the edge of the sea, the wave darkened with his blood
And the fishermen are oblivious, unmoving, sleeping
My brother is with the mermaid, return him to meThe wave took my brother from me, return him to me
My brother went with the dawn, return him to meMy brother is at the bottom of the sea, he still hasn't returned to me