Translation of the song هي حلوة artist Nancy Ajram

هي حلوة ولا مرة

Is she1 sweet or bitter?

ولا ضارة ولا سارة

Is she harmful or joyful?

واللي جوة غير اللي برة

and what lies within is something other than what shows outside

و لاغارة ولا ايه

Is she deceitful or what?

هي فاتحة ولا غامقة

Is she light or is she dark?

لاعبة ولا صعبة زانقة

Is she prosperous or difficult and narrow?

هي فاكة ولا سكة

Is she smooth or jammed?

ولا هي خنقة ليه

Or, why is it so smothering?

هي قاعدة ولا خارجة

Is she staying home or is she going out?

عملة نادرة ولا دارجة

Is she something rare or something common?

حالة طارئة ولا ليلة بيضا

An emergency case or a lovely night,

ولا ليلة زرقا‎ ‎دي نظامها ايه

or a horrible night? How does her system go, I want to know

وانا هامشي بيه

to follow it

ماشية فل ولا واقفة

Is she going smoothly or is she standing still?

قاسية ولا حبة رأفة

Is she harsh or is she showing a bit of mercy?

عايزة لاطمة ولا سقفة

Does she require an expression of sadness2 or a clap?

عايزة واقفة الله يعين

She needs a stand, God help us

دنيا قاسية جاتها ضاربة

Such a harsh life, Damn it

مننا وبينا غربة

Isolation lies within and between us

ماشية سلطة ولا شوربة

Is she running on the basis of chaos?3

يعني احنا معذورين

So we are then excused