thank you for a lovely song. i didn't know he had new album. i been busy.
sorry i took long, but i tried to make sure all or most of the meaning remains.
when you translate from arabic to another language, especially english, most of the meaning is lost in translation and the quality is lost.
Sarah did good, but also translating from Arabic hard. same for me, when i start translating a poem or a song, i give up. you need patience, but im used to it.. so you won't find many arabic speakers willing to translate anything for you Arabic is mostly a figurative language and uses a lot of idioms and that's why it's poetry is rich. it's like it was made purposely hard.
anyways,
here, i did my best.
Allahu Aalem- God Knows
Allahu aalem…in kunt behlem … ya habibi
wella di el haqiqa
we fadil daqiqa
we khalas ha timshi we tinsani
god knows, if I was dreaming, my love
or if this is the truth
A minute is remaining
And you’re about to leave and forget me
keddibt eyni
binek we bini...
mish meseddeq…ine di el nihaya
we akhr el hikaya
ha teruh mish ragi' liya tani
I disapproved my eyes. (rejected that what I saw is true)
between me and you,
I can't believe … that this is the end
And the end of the story
You will go, and won’t return to me again
ala eyni tebekki aleyk eyini wenta kida seyibha
aya nari, di dumu'i begari we bequl di nasibha
lo tigi marra kida maay zey mana hasibha
we yitla' da hilm, we qom mil nom, we ashufek hina
ala bali, leik ahla leyali omuri mana nesitha
min gheirek di hayati min gheirek, kida nihayitha
lo tigi te'id maay kem demaa bekitha
ha taaref be ged ghalawtek eih fi qalbi ana
for your sake my eye cries for you and you’re leaving it alone
Oh pity me, my tears flow on and I think this is their destiny
if you come, this way, with me, just like I expect it
and hope this turns to be a only a dream, and wake up and find you here (beside me)
on my mind, you posses the best nights (memories), of which I never forgot
without you, my life, without you will come to an end
if you come and lets count how many tears have you cried
you’ll know for real, how much of a value you’re in my heart