يا ليل إحجبني، حجّبني بعتمتك
يا ليل إملئني، قويني بعتمتك
أخوي شاف السر، شاف السر، كان حيبوح
أخوي جوا الموج، جوا الموج عمبينوح

والصيادين نائمين

يا بحر رجعلي، رجعلي أخوي
الموج سرقلي، سرقلي أخوي
اخذته حد البحر، خلي المياه تطهره
أخذته حد البحر، دبعت الموج بدمه

والصيادين غافلين، خامدين، نائمين

أخوي مع الحورية، رجعوه لي
الموج أخذلي أخوي، رجعوه لي

أخوي راح مع الفجر، رجعوه لي
أخوي بقعر البحر، لسا ما عاد لي

Oh night cover me, cover me with your darkness
Oh night fill me, strengthen me with your darkness
My brother saw the secret, he saw the secret, he was going to reveal it
My brother is inside the wave, inside the wave he laments

And the fishermen are sleeping

Oh sea return to me, return to me my brother
The wave stole from me, stole from me my brother
I took him to the edge of the sea, let the water cleanse him
I 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 me
The wave took my brother from me, return him to me

My brother went with the dawn, return him to me
My brother is at the bottom of the sea, he still hasn't returned to me