Iraqi song veses - My translation

شبكها

غيبتك صارت طويلة

اهنا يا بو عين الكحيله

گلي اهلا گتله اهلا

گلي صحتك كتله اموتن

گلي عكلك كتله منجن

گال لي تجذب گتله سيله

Your absence has been long,

Here we are, O one with the kohl-lined eyes.

He said, "Welcome," and I replied, "Welcome."

He asked, "How's your health?" I said, "I'm dying."

He asked, "How's your mind?" I said, "I've gone mad."

He said, "You're lying," and I said, "Ask her."

گال ممن گتله منج گتله

گال ذنبي گلته همچ

گال گصدك گتله و صلج

لعد كل همي يزيله

He said, "From whom?" I said, "From you"

He said, "What's my sin?" I said, "Your passion"

He said, "What you mean?" I said, "Your reunion"

Then all my worries would disappear."

گال يصعب گتله يسهل

گال ابدن گتله لا لا

گال اسئل گتله اسئل

گال مده گتله ليله

He said, "It's hard," and I said, "It's easy."

He said, "Never," and I said, "No, no."

He said, "Ask," and I said, "Ask."

He said, "It will be long," and I said, "A night."

گتله اگرب قال اگرب

گتله امصن گل اشرب

گتله زلفك گال عگرب

گتله يلسع گال ذيله

I said, "Come closer," and he said, "be Closer."

I said, "I'll sip," and he said, "Drink."

I said, "Your hair," and he said, "A scorpion."

I said, "It stings," and he said, "Its tail."

گتله شفتك گال حمره

گتله خدك گال جمره

اسالته ريجك گال خمره

گتله عينك گال چيله

گتله چیله گال ورور

گتله خشمك گال جوه

گتله گفتك گال تزهر

کمر باربا طعش ليله

I said to him: your lip. He said to me: (it is) red

I said to him: your cheek. He said to me: (it is) a fire.

I said to him: your saliva. He said to me: (it is like) wine.

I said to him: your eye. He said to me: it is a bullet

I said to him: a bullet? He said to me: (a bullet) from a revolver

I said to him: your nose? He said to me, a jewel.

I said to him: your lock (of hair). He said to me: it is in bloom

(Like) a moon of fourteen nights