تلعبyou play واناand I .. ماnot عادany longer ليfor me بالطربfor music شفdesire
تلعب وانا .. ما عاد لي بالطرب شف
لعبكyour playing بروحيwith my soul بدلreplaced الفرحjoy بجراحwith wounds
لعبك بروحي بدل الفرح بجراح
You play, while I no longer have any desire for music.
You play while I...have no more joy in music
Your playing with my soul has replaced joy with wounds.
Your playing with my soul replaced joy with wounds
زلhas passed الطربmusical rapture ياO موجعone who hurts الطارthe tambourine بالكفwith the palm
زل الطرب يا موجع الطار بالكف
شابتturned gray قوافيrhymes الليلthe night .. نورlight الضحىmidmorning لاحappeared
شابت قوافي الليل .. نور الضحى لاح
Musical rapture is gone, O you who make the tambourine ache with your palm.
The joy slipped away, O painful wind blowing in the palm trees
The night's rhymes have turned gray; the light of midmorning has appeared.
The rhymes of the night have grown old...the light of dawn appeared
كانكas though you تدقbeat القلبthe heart .. دقكyour beating علىon الدفthe frame drum
كانك تدق القلب .. دقك على الدف
عسىmay الضلوعthe ribs توقيshield القلبthe heart لاif طاحit falls
عسى الضلوع توقي القلب لا طاح
It is as though you beat the heart when you beat the frame drum.
As if you were beating on the heart...your beating upon the tambourine
May the ribs shield the heart if it falls.
I hope the ribs will protect the heart lest it falls
شفتكI saw you .. ولاand not ادريI know منwho قضبtook hold of بعدكafter you الصفthe line
شفتك .. ولا ادري من قضب بعدك الصف
ناسpeople ٍ كثيرmany .. وكنهمand as though they were عنديto me أشباحghosts
ناس ٍ كثير .. وكنهم عندي أشباح
I saw you, and I do not know who joined the line after you.
I saw you...and do not know who else stood in line after you
So many people, yet to me they seem like ghosts.
Many people...yet they seemed to me like ghosts
نوركyour light دعانيcalled me عندكat you الشوفthe gaze وقفstopped
نورك دعاني عندك الشوف وقف
كنهas if it were فنارٍٍٍa lighthouse لاحappeared فيin عينeye ملاحa sailor
كنه فنارٍٍٍ لاح في عين ملاح
Your light called me; my gaze came to rest on you.
Your light invited me to stop and see you
As if it were a lighthouse gleaming in a sailor's eye,
As if a beacon appeared in the eyes of a sailor
منwho لهhe has ثمانeight اسنينyears منsince راحhe went away منكفreturning
من له ثمان اسنين من راح منكف
خلّىleft behind السفينthe ship وعارضand confronted الموجthe waves سباحas a swimmer
خلّى السفين وعارض الموج سباح
Who was returning after eight years away.
He who is eighteen years old and set sail
He left the ship and challenged the waves as a swimmer.
Left the boat and challenged the waves swimming
منfrom فرحتهhis joy ماdid not حسبreckon االحيلstrength يتلفwould fail
من فرحته ما حسب االحيل يتلف
غلبoverpowered عليهhim الموجthe waves والقاعand the seabed منزاحfar away
غلب عليه الموج والقاع منزاح
In his joy, he never reckoned that his strength would fail.
In his joy he did not calculate the ropes wearing out
The waves overwhelmed him, and the seabed lay far off.
The waves overpowered him and the bottom shifted
Sol 6.1