Farid El Atrache - Ya Reytni Tayr

Hi,

A nice very old song (1930 !) for Farid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farid_al-Atrash

any correction or comments to improve it are welcome and i'd like to thank Czarek and mvnr1 for their previuos comments.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjswO5iuHw8.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/a-W9_B2...Retni_Tir.html

يا ريتني طيرلاطيرحواليك
Ya reitni tayr latayr 7awaleyk
I wish I was a bird to fly around you
مطرح ما تروح عيوني عليك
matra7 ma trou7 3ayouni 3aleyk
Looking out for you wherever you go
ما بخلي غيري يقرّب ليك
Ma bkhali gheyri ye2rreb leyk
And I'd forbid anyone,but me, come near to you
لكن يا ريت
laken ya reit
But it is just a wish
عمرها ما كانت تعمر بيت
3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريت كل الدنيا ملكي
Ya reit kill eddinia melki
I wish I was the owner of the world
انا وحبيبي بالشركة
Ana w 7abibi besh sherki
Just me in company of my love
ما كنت بفوته ولا تكّه
Ma kenti bfoutou wala takki
I would not leave her a second
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريتني يا قلبي زهرة
Ya reitni ya 2albi zahra
I wish, Oh sweetheart!,I was a flower
لازين صدرك شي مرّة
lazeyn sedrak shi marra
Adornig your chest one time
وبفرفح قلبي يا حسرة
W ibfarfa7 2albi ya 7asra
With a flutter of my heart oh heartbreaker (not sure)
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريتني شعرة بجفونك
Ya reitni sha3ra bijoufounak
I wish I was a hair of your eyelids
لارد الشمس عن عيونك
Lared eshshams 3an 3ayounak
reflecting the sun towards your eyes
واتعلم سحرك وفنونك
W ata3alam sa7rak w fanounak
So I would discover your charm and art
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen



يا ريتني منديل بعبّك
Ya reitni mandil ba3ebbak
I wish I was a kerchief under your blouse * (see note)
دايماً باسمع دقة قلبك
Dayman besma3 da2et 2albak
To always listen to your heartbeats
لو كنت بتعرف شو بحبك
Law kenti bta3ref shou ba7ebbak
Ah if you know how much I love you
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريتني عبد من عبيدك
Ya reitni 3abd min 3abeedak
I wish I was the humblest of your slaves
وليل ونهار ما بين ايدك
w leyl w enhar ma bayn aydak
At your disposal day and night
يا روحي شو كنت بفيدك
Ya rou7i shou kounti befeedak
Oh my love ,how helpful I would be to you
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen

* post by mvnr1 :

عب is the chest when covered by clothes, when a person puts something in his عب (in Arabic: عبه (his عب)), this means that this person puts it in front of his chest under clothes, ب means in, ك means your, so بعبك means in your chest under clothes

nice job

there r a few things u have to correct, the following is ur translation and my corrections r colored in red:

يا ريتني طيرلاطيرحواليك
Ya reitni tayr latayr 7awaleyk
I wish I was a bird to fly around you
مطرح ما تروح عيوني عليك
matra7 ma trou7 3ayouni 3aleyk
Looking out for you wherever you go
ما بخلي غيري يقرّب ليك
Ma bkhali gheyri ye2rreb leyk
And I'd forbid anyone,but me, come near to you
لكن يا ريت
laken ya reit
But it is just a wish
عمرها ما كانت تعمر بيت
3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريت كل الدنيا ملكي
Ya reit kill eddinia melki
I wish I was the owner of the world
انا وحبيبي بالشركة
Ana w 7abibi besh sherki
(i think here he means that he would share the world with his lover so that each one of them takes a half (if he was the owner of the world), so it would be translated something like Then I would share the world with my lover)
ما كنت بفوته ولا تكّه (i can't understand this at all even after i listened to the song)
Ma kenti bfoutou wala takki
I would not leave her a second
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريتني يا قلبي زهرة
Ya reitni ya 2albi zahra
I wish, Oh sweetheart!,I was a flower
لازين صدرك شي مرّة
lazeyn sedrak shi marra
To adorn your chest one time
وبفرفح قلبي يا حسرة
W ibfarfa7 2albi ya 7asra
(i couldn't understand وبفرفح at all, يا حسرة means How unlucky am I it's said when someone's disappointed)
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريتني شعرة بجفونك
Ya reitni sha3ra bijoufounak
I wish I was a hair of your eyelids
لارد الشمس عن عيونك
Lared eshshams 3an 3ayounak
To reflect the sun away from your eyes
واتعلم سحرك وفنونك
W ata3alam sa7rak w fanounak
So I would discover your charm and art
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen



يا ريتني منديل بعبّك
Ya reitni mandil ba3ebbak
I wish I was a kerchief under your blouse * (see note)
دايماً باسمع دقة قلبك
Dayman besma3 da2et 2albak
To always listen to your heartbeats
لو كنت بتعرف شو بحبك
Law kenti bta3ref shou ba7ebbak
Ah if you know how much I love you
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen


يا ريتني عبد من عبيدك
Ya reitni 3abd min 3abeedak
I wish I was one of your slaves
وليل ونهار ما بين ايدك
w leyl w enhar ma bayn aydak
At your disposal day and night
يا روحي شو كنت بفيدك
Ya rou7i shou kounti befeedak
Oh my love ,how helpful I would be to you
لكن يا ريت يا ريت
laken ya reit ya reit
But a wish is just a wish
كلمة يا ريت عمرها ما كانت تعمّر بيت
Kilmit ya reit 3omra ma kanet ta3mer beyt
wishing for something will not make it happen

thank you mvnr1

1) انا وحبيبي بالشركة /Then I would share the world with my lover - I do agree with you. your translation makes more sense

2) ما كنت بفوته ولا تكّه / I would not leave her a second. LOL. Actually it was a big guess. I'm not sure at all how to translate it.But let me try to explain :
According my dictionary : فوت - Loss , leaving ***********تكّه - ticktack(of a clock)
So he cant be far away from her not even for a ticktack of the clock

3) لازين صدرك شي مرّة -To adore your chest one time.It's weird. Are you sure about it ? I guess أَحَبَّ means to adore and زين means adorn , garnish , grace , embellish

4) وبفرفح قلبي يا حسرة - Take a look to the song طفل وطياره for marcel khalifeh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hUvaBDfok
هاي طيارة كبيرة ما بدى خيطان...
وجوانحها أكبر من بيت الجيران...
فرفح قلبو وطار... على جناح الطيارة
والسما كلها أسرار... حكيتله أسراره

"It's a big plane (kite), I don't need a string"
"And its wings are bigger than the neighbors' house"
His heart fluttered and flew on the wings of the plane
And the whole sky told him its secrets

5) لارد الشمس عن عيونك / To reflect the sun away from your eyes - for sure thanks

6) يا ريتني عبد من عبيدك / I wish I was one of your slaves / I wish I was the humblest of your slaves / I wish I was a slave of your slaves etc. I guess it's simply a matter of translation , the meaning is almost the same.Isn't it ?

Shoukran 7abeebi

2) ما كنت بفوته ولا تكّه
i don't know about this one, yes the meaning of the separate words is clear but i don't understand the sentence as a whole, it's a dialect different from what i speak

3) لازين صدرك شي مرّة
yes, i'm sorry, i meant adorN not adorE (i'll fix it above)

4) وبفرفح قلبي يا حسرة
the word بفرفح is not used in the dialect i speak and i've never heard it before, in Egyptian Arabic (which i speak) the word flutter is يرفرف

what i meant by adding to to adorn is that he says that i wish i were a flower TO adorn ur chest, but in ur translation u said adorning which would make the whole thing mean in the end that i wish i were a flower that adorns ur chest, TO is more accurate

Originally Posted by mvnr1

what i meant by adding to to adorn is that he says that i wish i were a flower TO adorn ur chest, but in ur translation u said adorning which would make the whole thing mean in the end that i wish i were a flower that adorns ur chest, TO is more accurate

You are sure. it makes sense. Thanks