Es-seltan gal l-boogie-men:

"Men had er-raga, berkaw!

Wesh wesh had-el-fawd?"

El-petrol f-es-sah'ra ysil,

Esh-shikh ysog el-callilac,

Rah hbet f-centre viile,

Kan derban, wella h'nesh,

Yestenna f-ras-el-mal...

Sha-riff don't like it,

Rock the casbah! Rock the casbah!

Sha-riff don't like it,

Rock the casbah! Rock the casbah!

Amer esh-shikh fat,

"Qil-kum men-el-boogie!

Ma tdiru, tdiru sh el-hul!

Harzu! Harzu! Yteleff-kum!"

El-badawiya kherrju sot ki shaf-hum esh-shikh,

Baááed men-hum,

Wah'ed men-hum b-el-gitara,

L-akhur b-el-bendir yedrob,

Men-el-hudud tkherju,

Men-el-h'udud kherju!

Kherju men-elh'udud!

Sha-riff don't like it,

Rock the casbah! Rock the casbah!

Sha-riff don't like it,

Rock the casbah! Rock the casbah!

En-nas tlaymu u tdahhru,

F-ard ej-jmaáa,

Amma tbeddel er-rih', mnin, mnin jay?

Beddlu, beddlu el-mizan,

W-en-nas semáu es-sot,

Sot-el-gasba lli yhebbel!

Sha-riff don't like it,

Rock the casbah! Rock the casbah!

Sha-riff don't like it,

Rock the casbah! Rock the casbah!

El-wazir f-el-qsar áayyet l-el-áaskariya:

"El-'an ra-h ja el weqt!

Nudu khedmu shwiya!

Siru telgu el-bumbat!"

U khdaw et-tiyarat,

U telgu el-bumbat ála-en-nas el-mujrimin lli nekrz klam es-soltan,

F-el-idaáa semáu,

Áajbet-hum el-ughniya!