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The theme of nature in Fairuz’s songs (2) Posted by on Oct 11, 2017 in Arabic Language, Culture, Vocabulary

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In this post, we’re looking at two songs by Fairuz , following the same theme of the previous post. Both are in Lebanese Arabic.

– The first song is:

شايف البحر

Do you see the sea?

 

شايف البحر شو كبير؟… كبر البحر بحبك

Do you see how big the sea is, that big I love you

شايف السما شو بعيدة؟… بعد السما بحبك

Do you see how far the sky is, that far I love you

كبر البحر وبعد السما

As big as the sea and as far as the sky

بحبك يا حبيبي يا حبيبي.. بحبك

i love you, my love

my love, I love you

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نطرتك أنا.. ندهتك أنا ..

I waited for you, I called upon you,

رسمتك على المشاوير

I drew you on the promenades

يا هم العمر يا دمع الزهر

you sorrow of the light, you tears of the flowers

يا مواسم العصافير

you seasons of the birds

ما أوسع الغابة وسع الغابة قلبي

How vast the forest is, the vast is my heart

يا مصور عبابي ومصور بقلبي

You who are drawn on my door, and drawn on my heart

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نطرتك سنة..  يا طول السنة ..

I waited for you for a year, and how long was that year

واسأل شجر الجوز

Ask the walnut trees

وشوفك بالصحو جايي من الصحو

And I see you in the sunny weather, coming from the sunny days

وضايع بـورق اللوز

And lost in the almond leaves

 

***Key words:

Here’s a list of the key words that appeared in the song:

  • The sea  البحر
  • The sky  السما
  • The flowers  الزهر
  • Seasons of the birds  مواسم العصافير
  • The forest  الغابة
  • Sunny days  الصحو
  • walnut Tree  شجر الجوز
  • Almonds Tree  ورق اللوز

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– The second song is:

أنا لحبيبي

I belong to my beloved

أنا لحبيبي و حبيبي إلي

I belong to my lover and my lover belongs to me

يا عصفورة بيضا لا بقى تسألي

Oh white bird, don’t ask about it anymore

لا يعتب حدا و لا يزعل حدا

And nobody should blame us anymore, or get upset

أنا لحبيبي و حبيبي إلي

I belong to my lover and my lover belongs to me

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حبيبي ندهلي قلي الشتي راح

My lover beckoned to me, he told me: Winter is gone

رجعت اليمامة زهر التفاح

And the dove is back and the apples have blossomed

و أنا على بابي الندي و الصباح

The morning and the dew stand on my door

و بعيونك ربيعي نوّر و حلي

And in your eyes, my spring lit up and became sweeter

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و ندهلي حبيبي جيت بلا سؤال

My lover beckoned to me, I came with no questions asked

من نومي سرقني من راحة البال

He stole me away from sleep, from my peace of mind

وأنا على دربه ودربه عالجمال

And I am on his path, and his path is a path of beauty

يا شمس المحبة حكايتنا اغزلي

Oh sun of love, weave our tale

 

*A link to the lyric translation.

 

***Key words:

  • white bird  عصفورة بيضا
  • Winter is gone  الشتي راح
  • dove is back  رجعت اليمامة
  • dew  الندي
  • morning  الصباح
  • my spring lit up  ربيعي نور
  • sun of love  شمس المحبة
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About the Author: Hanan Ben Nafa

Hi, this is Hanan :) I'm an Arabic linguist. I completed my PhD in Linguistics - 2018. My PhD thesis was entitled Code-switching as an evaluative strategy: identity construction among Arabic-English bilinguals. I'm also a qualified public service translator & interpreter.