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From Lennie Clark's Web Site:Safir Ya Habibi Wirjaa
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Arabic Lyrics |
English Translation (Literal) |
English Translation (Idiomatic) |
Verse 1: |
Verse 1: |
Verse 1: |
| Safiir ya habiibii wiirjaa Ma ttawil b'Allah l'gheba Wedar baaduu atulum Allah aatalk l'heba |
Travel my beloved and return Do not prolong with God absence The yard is still sad God give you pride / dignity. |
Travel, my beloved, but return! With God's help, do not prolong your absence. The courtyard* is still sad without your presence. God give you the strength to keep your pride and dignity. |
Verse 2: |
Verse 2: |
Verse 2: |
| Ahlee wrabaaee ya habiibii Aala hubak aaduunii Wlouyiskuunii min hadak Aanak ma yibaaduunii |
My family and my tribe O my love From your love they've cut me off They make me live away from you But they can't distance us. |
My family and my tribe O my love From your love they've cut me off They make me live away from you But they can't distance us. |
* Most of the family life takes place in the courtyard, around which the house is built.
Acknowledgements
About the Translator
This translation was done by Samia Kadri of Tempe, Arizona. Samia's family came to the United States from Lebanon when she was seven years old. They have a wonderful bead store in Tempe, called Beads Galore.
About the Source
This article originally appeared on Lennie Clark's web site, "Arabic Song Translations." Lennie created this web site in 2002 as a response to discussion on the Internet regarding incidents of dancers who performed inappropriate sensual dances to religious music. Lennie's web site resided on a free web hosting service known as Geocities. When the planned October 2009 closure of the Geocities web hosting service was announced, Lennie and Shira agreed to move the contents of Lennie's site to Shira.net. To explore all the articles and song translations that once appeared on Lennie's Geocities site, visit Lennie's portal page here on Shira.net. |
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