SAWWAN - Bu Kolthoum Übersetzung ins Englische

SAWWAN

وقولوا للكاوي بالنار
شوق صبري صبّار
بحضني وهو يشيل من ذقني
وينشف قلبي صوّان

وقولوا للكاوي بالنار
شوق صبري صبّار
بحضني وهو ينتف بدقني
ويشعل قلبي صوّان

وطالع فيَّ وأنا بشلع
كبدي بيدّي من بَطني
وإن زلّت رجل مني فأني قاطعها بيدّي

والخوّان يموت عندي
وما يحيى ولو يمشي
الملوك ما تاكل الجيفه
بس أشرب دم اللّي يرمي

ع قدّ الطيبه أنا فاجر
وع قدّ العشره أنا صوّان
وبعد دروس يا قلبي
مُسخت الليله لي جُنحان

وقولوا للكاوي بالنار
شوق صبري صبّار
بحضني وهو يشيل من ذقني
ويشعل قلبي صوّان

وقولوا للكاوي بالنار
شوق صبري صبّار
بحضني وهو ينتف بدقني
ويشعل قلبي صوّان

ودُنّس صفّي من جَهلي
وأني أدفعها من جيبي
أمان أعطيك ويُطعن فيه
واليوم أرضك ما تحملني

وأني الواهب فدا عيونك
ذا تطلب عيني أعطيها
ولكن قلبي لا يُلجم
إذا بيطفي رحت فيها

ما طول عمري أني طيار
ما شاف جناحي غير ناسي
رحّال بصحرا كلها شجار
وبحضني اليوم أنا رحالي

وقولوا للكاوي بالنار
شوق صبري صبّار
بحضني وهو يشيل من ذقني
ويشعل قلبي صوّان

وقولوا للكاوي بالنار
شوق صبري صبّار
بحضني وهو ينتف بدقني
ويشعل قلبي صوّان

SAWWAN (Wanderer)

Tell the one who cauterizes with fire,
The longing of my patience is enduring.
It's in my embrace while he plucks from my chin,
And dries my heart of flint.

Tell the one who cauterizes with fire,
The longing of my patience is enduring.
It's in my embrace while he plucks at my chin,
And ignites my heart of flint.

He's looking at me while I rip
My liver with my own hand from my belly,
And if my foot slips, I'll cut it off with my own hand.

The traitor dies in my presence,
And doesn't live, even if he walks.
Queens don't eat carrion,
But I drink the blood of the one who throws it.

As much as I'm kind, I'm also wicked,
And as much as I'm companionable, I'm also flint.
And after lessons, oh my heart,
Tonight you grew wings.

Tell the one who cauterizes with fire,
The longing of my patience is enduring.
It's in my embrace while he plucks from my chin,
And ignites my heart of flint.

Tell the one who cauterizes with fire,
The longing of my patience is enduring.
It's in my embrace while he plucks at my chin,
And ignites my heart of flint.

My honor is tarnished by my ignorance,
And I pay for it from my own pocket.
A promise given, then stabbed in the back,
And today, your land cannot bear me.

I am the giver, a sacrifice for your eyes,
If you ask for my eye, I'll give it.
But my heart cannot be bridled,
If it extinguishes, I'm gone with it.

I haven't been a flyer all my life,
My wings have seen no one but my people.
A traveler in a desert full of conflict,
And today, my journey is within my embrace.

Tell the one who cauterizes with fire,
The longing of my patience is enduring.
It's in my embrace while he plucks from my chin,
And ignites my heart of flint.

Tell the one who cauterizes with fire,
The longing of my patience is enduring.
It's in my embrace while he plucks at my chin,
And ignites my heart of flint.