Sawwah

Sawah, wei maashee feil beilaad, saway

Vagabond, and walking between countries, vagabond.

Weil khatwa beinee wei bein habibee barah

And the step between me and my bveloved is "big"

Meish war bei-led, wana feeh hareib

A long journey, and I'm wounded in it

Weil leil yei-arab, weil nahar rawah

And the night approaches and the day goes

Chorus:

Wein laakom habibee, saleimulee alei

And if you see my beloved, say "hello" to him

Tameinuneel asmaranee, amla eil el ghorba fee

Reassure me how is my brown-looking girl doing so far away

Sawah, wana maashee layalee

Vagabond, I'm walking nights (sleepwalking)

Saway, wall daree bhalee

Vagabond, not knowing what I'm doing

Saway meil for-a ya ghalee

Vagabond, and the separation o my dear

Sawah, eih elee garalee

Vagabond, what has happened to me

We-saneen we-sneen wana dayeb bsho' wei haneen

And years and years and I'm melting in loginess and tenderness

Ayiz a-araf bass taree-o meineen

I want to know just where is his road

Chorus

Ya eounee ah ha eounee

My eyes oh my eyes

Eih garalak fein inta wei bi meil eih

What has happened to you and what are you doing?

Ya znounee a ya znounee mat seibounee

My worries oh my worries, leave me alone

Meish naaeis ana hier aleil

I'm worried enough about him

Lala areif ar-taah wana la-yeih sawaah

Neither can I rest and I am lost like a vagabond

Chorus

Ya amar ya naseenee

Oh moon, who's forgetting me

Raseenee alee ghayeib

Take me to the absent one

Nawarlee wareenee seikeit el habayeib

Enlighten me, show me the road to the beloved

Waseitak weseiya ya shaheid alay

I've made you primise, you who witnessed

Teikeelu alei beiya

To tell him of my state

Weilee aseitoo blayaleija

And what I've suffered during my nights