كتلتني ذكرياتي

تذكروني لو نسيتوRemember me, in case you have forgotten

يا أهلي إش عجب جفيتوMy own family, how could you turn away from me

تذكروني لو نسيتوRemember me, in case you have forgotten

أنا اللي كنت عزيزةI, who once was cherished

شو اللي السما عتيتهwhat is it the heavens handed me?

يا إخواني راح أروحO my brothers, I am going

بآخر حياتنا أنوحin the last of my life I wail

بآخر حياتنا نوحthe last of our life is a lament

يا إخواني قلبي ذابO my brothers, my heart has melted

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

هايا روحها إجا وما إجاHer soul came back, and then it did not

شفايفي خضرا بالترب ما بينامmy lips gone green in the dust that will not rest

عن اختهم إش عجب ما حد سألHow strange that not one of them asked about their sister

ميتة بالشامي وأظنهم ما درواDead in Sham, and I think they never knew

تعذروا عن غيابتيForgive me my absence

وأنا الجفا عذرتهand I have already forgiven the neglect

بس جانت أمنياتيonly this was all I wished for

تشوف خويي تدفن أختهthat my brother might see his sister buried

وحدي بخرابة موتيAlone in a ruin, my death

ودمعي ولا مساحتهand my tears, with no one to wipe them

بدم الفقد متساعيthe blood of loss keeps spreading in me

وبموتي ماكو ناعيand at my death there is no one to mourn me

بدم الفقد متساعيthe blood of loss keeps spreading in me

وبموتي ماكو ناعيand at my death there is no one to mourn me

وقبري ابتعد عليهمand my grave lies far from them

مو هايا والله كاعيthis, by God, is not my ground

صحت لهم بسكوتI called to them in silence

لحقوني راح أموتCome quick, I am dying

لحقوني راح أموتCome quick, I am dying

يا إخواني قلبي ذابO my brothers, my heart has melted

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

وجاية غامضي وذكرته المشرحI came half blind with grief, and remembered him lying there

وخويي قلت لو جنها وصلت مسمعهand I thought maybe word of it had reached my brother

وجنني جانب بس جانب لا يا جفHe was right there beside me, and then he was not

وللزينا بشوف إيدي انكتبand what was written for us was written by my own hand

قلت له يا أبو عفافيI said to him: O father of my honour

مذبوحة بس عذارتكI am cut down, but I am still yours

ظمي احتضار عوفهmy thirst is a dying I cannot leave

أمنيتي شني منتكWhat I wish of you is only this

ترضاها يا أبو فداخيلكwould you grant it, you for whom I would give all?

ميتة بخرابة أختكyour sister, dead in a ruin

ميتة وبعدني أنعىDead, and still I am mourning

وصوتي الشماعة سمعةand there is nobody left to hear my voice

ميتة وبعدني أنعىDead, and still I am mourning

وصوتي الشماعة سمعةand there is nobody left to hear my voice

شملي الستر ولي خيالCover me up. There is barely anything left of me.

راح أندفن وأجي معهI will be buried and go with him

ردت تجيني ردshe wanted to come back to me

شوف إش كثر بجيتLook how much I have wept

شوف إش كثرLook how much

خويي، خوييmy brother, my brother

يا إخواني قلبي ذابO my brothers, my heart has melted

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

ذكرى مرة بعيني صارت جنجمهa bitter memory turned to embers in my eye

من إيده وبيده قدمت الموتfrom his hand, by his hand, death came forward

درلي أختي بروح أضمك شو بدكTurn to me, sister. Let me hold you. Whatever you want.

راح أروح ودير بالك عالخبرI am going now. Brace yourself when the news comes.

متمددة وذكرتهstretched out, and I remembered him

من فضة وشفافةSilver, and clear as glass

ومن ظهر عني دارةand whoever turned his back on me and walked off

وصب دمعة العفافةand a chaste tear was shed

وذكرته من مشيةand I remembered him walking

والحادي عاري عافةand the caravan driver left us with nothing

عندي أخو تركتهI had a brother, and I left him behind

وبهزلتي عبرتهand in my frailty I passed him by

عندي أخو تركتهI had a brother, and I left him behind

وبهزلتي عبرتهand in my frailty I passed him by

بالحوم عرفته نايمamong the fallen I knew him, lying still

وبوداعي ما شفتهand at my farewell I never saw him

جابت لموتي هايthis is what brought my death

ما حصلت له مايI could not find him any water

ما حصلت له مايI could not find him any water

يا إخواني قلبي ذابO my brothers, my heart has melted

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

نزلوني بالترابLay me down in the earth

حسينHusayn