سألـت جفـني ليه يا جفـن ما تـنام
i asked my eye why you don't sleep
قال اسأل القلب الشـقاوي لعـلّه
it said : ask the heart which miseries have caused it ill
يجـاوبـك لانـّه هـالايّـام منـضـام
it will answer you because it's ill these days
سألت قـلبي قال الاحـساس خلّه
i asked my heart , it said : let the sensation away
واسأل زمانك لانه اسـباب الآلام
and ask your time because it's the reasons of pains
رحت اسأله شفت الزمن فيه عِلّه
i went to ask the time i saw it ill
والأسـئله تـشـبه تـفاسـير الاحلام
and the questions like analysis of the meaning of dreams
والحـلـم ما تـقـدر تـفـسّـره كـلّه
and you can't analyze all the dream
وان اللـيـالي والثـقـافـه والالـمـام
and the nights and the culture and the knowing
أقـول لـنجـوم الـسـما والأهـِـلّه
i say to the star of the sky and moons
ما ترفع الشاعر محطات الاعلام
don't apply the poet in the media stations
ولا الصور على غلاف المجلّه
and don't put the pictures on the cover of magazine
ما يـرفـعـه إلاّ مـقـــامـه لـيا قــام
won't apply him except who have high status
في مـوقـفٍ ما كل رجـلٍ يحِـلّه
in attitude not every man can solve it
والصحف لوجفـّت ما جفـّن الاقلام
and if the newspapers had dried the pens wouldn't have dried
سـمّـع قـلوب الحاسدين المغـلّه
let the hearts of the envious men hear what they hate
وانا قـبـل عـاميـن والاّ قـبل عــام
and i am before two years or before a year
والشعر سيفٍ لا تضايقت اسِلّه
the poem like a sword i don't tire from disarmament it
أركـّب الفكره على حسب الالهـام
i arrange an idea as my inspiration
واخاف من بيتٍ يجي فـيه زلّه
and i afraid from a house the bad thing comes to it
والأرض ضاقت كرْه والعالم اقسام
and the earth filled with hateful and the world became sections
ولكـل قـسـمٍ بيـن الاقـسام مِـلّه
and to every section among the sections has a religion
وْلا صار وضع الـناس بين الايّـام
and the status of the people among days
بيـن المجامـل والحـياه الممـلّه
between courtesy and bored life
ودّي أكـوّن دولـــــةٍ دون حـكـّـام
i would formalize a country without rulers
الحب يحكمها .. وهي مستـقلّه
the love governs it (it refers to country) ... and it is independent
ما احب أبدي راي أو أخـذ احكام
i have never liked opinions or orders
قـبل اطـّلع على جمـيع الأدلّـه
before i had seen all the evidences
سـيـاسـة المـتـسـيّـد الـقـائـد العـام
the policy of lord , the general leader
اللي يـقـدّره الـزمـان بْـسـجـلّه
whatever the time can record
أبوي عون الجار وضعاف الايتام
my father is the assistance of neighbor and weak orphans
اللي يفـز لهم لاجـوه فـْ مَـحَـلّه
who runs to help them when they ask him
ألله يعـز اللي يعــزّون الاســــلام
god raise who raises the Islam
والله يـذل اللي يـحـب الـمـذلّه
and god let down who likes ignominy
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.-
Plato