An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians

by Edward William Lane

Ya - bu - - l - ge - - l - - fee. Ya-

bu - l - ge l fee. Ráh e - l - mah-

boo - b má ’ád wi - l - fee.

“Ya-bu-l-gelfee. Ya-bu-l-gelfee.

Ráh el-mahboob: má ’ád wilfee.”

O thou in the long-sleeved yelek! O thou in the long-sleeved yelek!

The beloved is gone: my companion has not returned.