Oh, you know I have seen
A sky with no sun
A man with no nation
Saints captive in chains
A song with no name
For lack of imagination

Ya la he, ya he, ya la he
And I have seen
Darker than ebony
Ya la he, ya he, ya la he
You know it seems that I
Without your eyes
Could never be

My one desire
All I aspire
Is in your eyes
Forever to live
Traveled all over
Crossed lands and oceans
There's nothing
That I wouldn't give

Came from Bahrein
Got to Beirut
Looking for someone
Comparing to you
Tearing down
Windows and doors
And I could not find
Eyes like yours

Rabboussamai fikarrajjai
Fi ainaiha aralhayati
Ati ilaika min haza lkaaouni
Arjouka labbi labbi nidai

Came from Bahrein
Got to Beirut
Looking for someone
Comparing to you
Tearing down
Windows and doors
And I could not find
Eyes like yours

Oh, you know I have seen
A woman of means and rags and begging for pleasure
Crossed a river of salt
The specter I rode
The ship that sank
In the desert

Ya la he, ya he, ya la he
And I have seen
Darker than ebony
Ya la he, ya he, ya la he
You know it seems that I
Without your eyes
Could never be

My one desire
All I aspire
Is in your eyes
Forever to live
Traveled all over
Crossed lands and oceans
There's nothing
That I wouldn't give

Came from Bahrein
Got to Beirut
Looking for someone
Comparing to you
Tearing down
Windows and doors
And I could not find
Eyes like yours

Rabboussamai fikarrajjaii
Fi ainaiha aralhayati
Ati ilaika min haza lkaaouni
Arjouka labba labba nidai

Came from Bahrein
Got to Beirut
Looking for someone
Comparing to you
Tearing down
Windows and doors
And I could not find
Eyes like yours

Rabboussamai fikarrajjaii
Fi ainaiha aralhayati
Ati ilaika min haza lkaaouni
Arjouka labbi labbi nidai

Looking for someone
Comparing to you
Tearing down
Windows and doors
And I could not find
Eyes like yours

Translation of Arabic verse
God in the heavens
In you I have hope
In her/his eyes I have hope
I come to you in this world
Please answer my plea