Sa2ltaha - Kathem Al-Saher
ألتها ..
I asked her
ليه البحر ساكن عيونك ؟!
why is sea living in your eyes?
جاوبتني .. للغرق
she answered me: to drown
سألتها ..
I asked her
ليه السواد اللي في عيونك ؟!
why is this blackness in your eyes?
جاوبتني .. للأرق
she answered me: because of insomnia
سألتها ..
I asked her
ليه الخدود ؟
why the cheeks?
قالت .. عبق
she said: a beautiful scent
سألتها ..
I asked her
هي رقتك مثل النسايم والورود ؟!
is your sweetness like breezes and roses?
قالتلي .. لا .. يمكن أرق
she said: no.. maybe more
سألتها ..
I asked her
عن حسنها كنّه يقول : ما للشعر فيني حدود؟!
about her beauty, it's like it's saying: poetry has no limits in me (meaning: my beauty is beyond being described)
قالت .. صدق
she said: true!
سألتها ..
I asked her
يا اغلى الأنام .. وشهو الغرام ؟!
oh you the most dear creature.. what's love?
قالتلي .. انك ماتنام .. وأوهام .. وتنتظر شمس اللقا
she said to me: that you don't sleep.. and illusions.. and you wait for the sun of meeting (your beloved)
وماتجي شمس اللقا
and the sun of meeting doesn't come
مشوار مايعرف وصول .. ولحظة بها كل الفصول
a journey that doesn't know an end.. and a moment that has all seasons in it
وقلب واحد يحترق .. وبعض الصدق
and one heart that's burning.. and some truth
وقتٍ عصيب يتبعه وقتٍ عصيب
hard times after hard times
وليل يتعدى الصباح ..
and a night that stays after morning
وجراح تدمى لو تطيب
and wounds keep bleeding after they're healed
وفي الأخير ..
and in the end
خل عن خل افترق
lovers get separated
في الأخير .. كل النهايات الفراق
in the end.. all ends have serapation
مافيه فرص ..
there's no chances (no hope)
مافيه نهايات بلقا .. إلا في خيالات القصص
there aren't any ends with meeting.. except in fairy-tales
سألتها ..
I asked her
وشهو الوفا ؟!
what's loyalty?
قالت .. كفى ..
she said: enough
النور من ضيي اختفى
the light from me is gone
والليل في عيوني غفى
and the night in my eyes has fell asleep
اترك كثير الأسئلة ..
leave all the questions
اسأل عن عيوني وكفى
just ask about my eyes
اسألني .. ليه البحر ساكن عيونك ..
ask me.. why is the sea living in your eyes
ليه السواد اللي في عيونك
why is this blackness that's in your eyes
سألتها ..
I asked her
جاوبتني .. للغرق .. للأرق
she answered me: to drown.. because of insomnia
سألتها عن حسنها كنه يقول : ما للشعر فيني حدود ؟!
I asked her about her beauty, like it's saying: poetry in my in unlimited
قالت .. صدق
she said: true!
*one of the most beautiful songs by the legend Kathem!!
The hours of pain have yielded good,
Which prosperous days refused;
As herbs, though scentless when entire,
Spread fragrance when they’re bruised.