[Chorus]
You the traveller, you the stranger (Assalam Alaykoum)
So sit down among us, come eat (Assalam Alaykoum)
You who have travelled such a long way (Assalam Alaykoum)
So tell us about the country you've come from (Assalam Alaykoum)

[Verse 1]
Asssalam alaykoum, oh stranger, oh traveller
Please sit down, marharbabik, do us the honour
This tent is my house. My house, it's your house
Wherever you come from, whatever your colour, whatever your name is
Our memory, our book: the words of our elders
Our happiness: to welcome as we should those who come from far away
Shame on us if one day you leave our land
Thinking that we did not receive you as our brother

[Chorus]
You the traveller, you the stranger (Assalam Alaykoum)
So sit down among us, come eat (Assalam Alaykoum)
You who have travelled such a long way (Assalam Alaykoum)
So tell us about the country you've come from (Assalam Alaykoum)

[Verse 2]
So vast is the desert, so short our life
Man believes himself to be the master of the universe, here we see ourselves so small
Grains of sand carried by the wind, we are only dust
Look at the sky and contemplate, my friend, the greatness of the universe
You will never see as many stars as here tonight
You will never see the dark night so clearly
Settled or nomads, all we do is pass
Walking or running on the spot, to each their own truth
[Chorus]
You the traveller, you the stranger (Assalam Alaykoum)
So sit down among us, come eat (Assalam Alaykoum)
You who have travelled such a long way (Assalam Alaykoum)
So tell us about the country you've come from (Assalam Alaykoum)

[Verse 3]
Do you come from these countries where the houses reach all the way to the sky?
Tell me brother, is it true that these houses hide your sun?
Is it true that you work hard day and night
To pay for prisons in which you lock away your whole life?
Is it true that you build walls to better protect yourselves?
And to protect the walls, bring out the barbed wire
The mirages only exist in the desert, apparently
If a camel tells you that he can speak, it's that he's lying to you

[Chorus]
You the traveller, you the stranger (Assalam Alaykoum)
So sit down among us, come eat (Assalam Alaykoum)
You who have travelled such a long way (Assalam Alaykoum)
So tell us about the country you've come from (Assalam Alaykoum)