Paroles et traduction Rachid Taha - Ya Rayah

Ya Rayah

يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي
يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي

شـحال شفت البــلدان العامرين والبــر الخالـي
شـحال ضيعت وقات وشحال تزيد مازال تخلي
يا الغايب في بلاد الناس شحـال تعيـا ما تجـري
بـيـك وعد القـدرة ولا الزمـان و انت ما تـدري

يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي
يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي

علاش قلبك حـزين وعـلاش هكـذا كي الزّوالي
مــا تــدوم الشّــدة و إيلا بـطيت أعلـم واكتـبلـي
مــا يــدوموا لـيام ولا يـدوم صـغرك وصـغري
يـا حــليلو مسكين الي خاب سعـدو كـي زهري

يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي
يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي

يــا مسافر نـعطيك وصــايـتي ادّيهـا عالبكري
شــوف ما يصلح بيك قبــل ما تبيع وما تشري
يـا النايم جـاني خبرك كيما صـرالك صــرالي
هـكذا راد و قـدّر فـي الـجبين سـبحـانو الـعالي

يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي
يا الرايح وين مسافر تروح تعيا وتولي
شحال ندموا العباد الغافلين قبلك وقبلي

Ya Rayah

O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?
O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?

How many flourishing lands have you witnessed, and how many empty deserts?
How much time have you wasted, and how much more do you intend to squander?
O wanderer in the lands of others, how long will you grow weary without seeking solace?
You are promised power by fate, yet you do not know it.

O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?
O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?

Why is your heart heavy? Why are you so saddened?
Hardship will not last forever. If you are patient, know that it will pass.
Days do not endure, nor will your youth remain forever.
Oh, how lamentable is the one whose fortune has forsaken them, like a poisonous flower.

O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?
O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?

O traveler, I will give you counsel that you should pass on to the new voyager.
See what is right for you before you buy or sell.
O dreamer, news has reached me that what happened to you has also befallen me.
Such is the will of fate, etched in the forehead. Glory be to the Most High.

O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?
O departing one, where are you vagabonding? You will travel, grow weary, and turn back.
How many heedless wayfarers have regretted their choices before you and before me?