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I am she whom my people chose, Samir Olaya

أنا التي اختارني قومي سمير على

1. I am she whom my people chose, Samir Olaya
The eloquent poet is well-spoken and distinguished

١. أَنا الَّتي اِختارَني قَومي سَمير عُلىً
إِنّ الأَديب فَصيح النطق مُختارُ

2. If passion passes through my heart I conceal it
And passion in the free heart has secrets

٢. إِذا الهَوى بِفُؤادي مرّ أكتمه
وَلِلهَوى بِفُؤاد الحرّ إِسرارُ

3. They said you have endured fires, so I said to them
The fire of loving whom I love, no shame

٣. قالوا تَحمَّلتِ نيراناً فَقُلت لَهُم
النار في حُبِّ مَن أَهوى وَلا العارُ

4. I became famous until the wanderers began to visit
My fire, and for me traces of superior virtue

٤. شهرت حَتّى غَدَت تَعشو السراة إِلى
ناري وَلي بِمَزيد الفَضل آثارُ

5. So here I am like a boulder about which it was said
As if there were a fire on its peak

٥. فَها أَنا مثل صَخر حَيث قيل بِهِ
كَأَنَّهُ علم في رَأسِهِ نارُ