Текст и перевод песни Omar Kamal - رسالة في الغربة

رسالة في الغربة

آه لا، لا، لا، لا، لا، لا

قالتله حبيبي بس سنة
ولو زاد بالكتير سنتين
دي فرصة ومش هتتكرر
ما بتجيش يعني كل يومين
عشان يرضيها قام سافر
وكان علشانها بيعافر
تعب وأستحمل الغربة
عشان يبقى معاه قرشين

كتير ف الغربة بيفكر
بتعمل إيه وحاسه بإيه؟
وكل اما توحشه هي
يبص لدبلته ف إيده
بقاله فترة مش عارف
ولا بيسمع خبر عنها
بيسأل كل يوم نفسه
ليه ما بتسألش هي عليه

كان نفسه لو يطمنها
ويطمن عليها كمان
لولاها الغربة ف حياته
ماكنش هيبقي ليها مكان
لكن في رسالة جات منها
وكانت فيها بتقوله
بقيت دلوقتي أنا لغيرك
ياريت تنسي إللي بينا زمان

كتير ف الغربة بيفكر
بتعمل إيه وحاسه بإيه؟
وكان لو عنها يتكلم
يداري دمعته ف عنيه
ماكنش كلامها ده ف باله
فاكرها هتبقى عايشاله
ما يعرفش إن ف غيابه
خلاص قدرت تعيش بعديه

دي قالتله حبيبي بس سنة
ولو زاد بالكتير سنتين
فرصة ومش هتتكرر
ما بتجيش يعني كل يومين
ما بتجيش يعني كل يومين

A Message in Alienation

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no

She told him my darling but a year
Or another two at most
This is a chance and it won't be repeated
It doesn't come along every other day
To please her, he traveled
And for her, he struggled
He toiled and endured alienation
To be with some pennies

Many in alienation think
What are you doing and how are you feeling?
And whenever she becomes dear to him
He looks at his wedding band
For a while, he hasn't known
Nor heard any news of her
Every day, he asks himself
Why doesn't she ask about him?

He wished to assure her
And to assure himself too
Without her, alienation in his life
Would not have had a place
But a message came from her
And in it she said to him
I have now become someone else's
I hope you forget what was between us a long time ago

Many in alienation think
What are you doing and how are you feeling?
And if he were to speak about her
He conceals his tears in his eyes
Her words were not on his mind
He thought she would always be his
He doesn't know that in his absence
She has managed to live without him

She told him my darling but a year
Or another two at most
A chance and it won't be repeated
It doesn't come along every other day
It doesn't come along every other day