Xasan:

 

Since the day Allah created the world

and held the sky up without pillars

and spread out the soil

 

and those gushing rivers and their banks

and enclosed the Earth with seas

and heavy mountains,

 

since the universe was created

there has been war and peace,

the rich and the poor,

 

and lovers in pairs.

It’s still the same as ever.

It’s still the same as it was.

 

You will receive

what is destined for you.

Love has no price.

 

Xalima:

 

On the day Allah created the world,

and created Adam

from the soil,

 

and created Eve

from Adam’s crooked rib,

were you alive?

 

Are you alive tonight too?

The mind cannot accept

words from a deceitful tongue.

 

Don’t hide behind the fog and dust.

Show me your true colours.

Don’t drag me into poverty

 

when you’re not ready for marriage.

I don’t want a hard life.

Forget about love.