Текст и перевод песни El Joker - The Father

The Father

لحظة ما اتولدت وشالك بين إيديه
واتأملك بعينه وقف العالم حواليه
أول صورة بريئة ليك شافها فيك
إيد الضلمة اللي في عالمنا لسه ما اتمدتش ليك
وبدأت تكبر وحبه ليك بيكبر
يوم عن يوم حاجة منه فيك بتظهر
إنت عنده أولى منه لأنه
عازك تكون أحسن من كل الناس ومنه

وإنتي من صغرك وشقاوة الدنيا فيكي
يبص لماما تلفي وشه ليكي
وتيجي لو زهقانة عشان مفيش أطفال في سنك
تقولي العب معايا يقلب طفل أكتر منك
أول يوم حضانة مسكتي فيه، سابك بصعوبة
لأنه كان مرعوب أكتر ما كنتي إنتي مرعوبة
لدرجة إنه كان هيرجع ياخدك لولا مامتك
معاكي بيحسبها بقلبه دايما مش بالمنطق

وإنت اتأثرت في إعدادية بكام واحد زميلك
فطلبت منه يسيبك عيب يوصلك ويجيبك
قدر حكم السن واداك الحرية
راقبك عشان يطمن إنك قد المسئولية
مكانش غاوي يقولك ذاكر كل شوية
كان عايزك ترتاح كل السنين الجاية
مع ذلك أما زعلت على كلية ما جبتهاش
حضنك وقالك يا ابني العالم ما انتهاش

كبرت واتغيرت وخدت منه ركن بعيد
بقى بينكم سور وكل يوم يزيد
لا عدت قادر تسمع منه ولا من باب الود
لا عاد هزاره بيضحك ولا حكاياته تشد
لكن دي مش مشكلته، ده سنه ودي تجربته
عشان يفضل مصاحبك عمل كل اللي في مقدرته
وصلت إنه يركز أما شباب تهزر جنبه
عشان يفتح معاك كلام بشكل تبقى حابه

مع أول عريس حس بقبولك ليه
اتخض لسه فاكر إن اليوم ده لسه بعيد
حس البيت هيفضى، لا الحياة هتفضى
لسه شايفك طفلة، كان عايزاها تفضل
غار فاتحجج واتشرط واتلكك
وفك لما اتأكد إنك حبتيه وحبك
عايز مصلحتك حتى لو مش ده المتشاف
محدش خاف عليكي قد ما هو خاف

فاضل على يوم جوازك شهر أو أقل
لسه نص جهازك والقرض آخر حل
كمل بيه اللي ناقص، مفيش حاجة استكترها
قالك نطمن عليكي بس وهندبرها
والدنيا خدتك، بعد الجواز كترت مشاكلك
كل فين وفين بتفضي تزوري أهلك
وهو بدل ما يقولك ليه ما بتسأليش
يقولك لو احتاجتي حاجة قولي ما تتكسفيش

وإنت الظروف اضطرتك تسافر
مكانتش ماشية معاك هناك لكن بتعافر
مامتك توفت وهو بطوله صبر
ولما رجعت بعد سنين لاقيته كبر
كبر بجد، بقى بينسى ومحتاج لحد
يفكره بعلاج السكر والشريان اللي اتسد
لاقاك حزين عليه وندمان إنك سبته
ضحك وقالك شُفت أبوك احلو إزاي في شيبته

Father

The moment I was born your scarf wrapped me
And you gazed upon me with your eyes the world around me froze
The first innocent image you saw of me
The hand of darkness in our world had not yet reached you
And you began to grow and your love for me grew
Day by day something of you in me would appear
To you, I came first because
You wanted me to be better than everyone else and better than you

And from your youth and the world's wickedness in you
You would glance at mother turning her face to you
And come to her tired because there were no children your age
Saying play with me turning into a child more than you
The first day of kindergarten I held on to you
Because you were more terrified than I was terrified
To the point that you were going to take me back if it weren't for your mother
With me you always calculate with your heart not with logic

And you were influenced in preparatory school by a few of your friends
So you asked him to let you drop you off and pick you up
He estimated the age of wisdom and gave you freedom
He watched you to make sure you were up to the responsibility
He didn't like to tell you to study all the time
He wanted you to rest all the coming years
However, when you were upset because you didn't get the faculty you wanted
He hugged you and said my son the world is not over

You grew up and changed and took a distant corner from him
There was a wall between you and every day it grew
No longer able to listen to him or from love
No longer does his humor make you laugh or his stories captivate you
But this is not his problem, this is his age and this is his experience
In order to stay your companion he did all that was in his power
He got to the point of concentrating when young people joked around him
So that he could talk to you in a way that you would like

With the first groom he felt your acceptance of him
He was shocked still thinking that this day was still far away
He felt the house would be empty, no life would be empty
He still saw you as a child, he wanted her to stay that way
He was jealous he made excuses and he made conditions and he hesitated
And he let go when he was sure that you loved him and he loved you
He wants what's best for you even if it's not what's seen
No one was afraid for you as much as he was afraid

There is a month or less left until your wedding day
Still half of your dowry and the loan is the last solution
Finish with it what is missing, there is nothing he thought too much of
He told you we will rest assured about you and we will figure it out
And the world took you, after marriage your problems increased
Every now and then you would find time to visit your family
And instead of him saying to you why don't you ask
He says to you if you need anything say so don't be shy

And circumstances forced you to travel
It wasn't going well for you there but you were struggling
Your mother passed away while he was being patient
And when you came back after years you found him old
Really old, he began to forget and he needed someone
Thinking about his diabetes medication and the artery that was blocked
He found you sad about him and regretting that you left him
He laughed and told you see how beautiful your father is in his old age