Kalaam al‑banaat
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1 Habiibki ween macha ?
Ooriina,
ya inti al‑ajmal min al‑awiin !
Habiibki faat be ween ?
Ooriina,
achaan nifattuchuuh maʼaaki.
Kalaam al‑mahbuuba
2 Habiibi nazal foogi ana jineentah
al‑mazruuʼa be chadar al‑dukhkhaan.
Wa yasrah fi jineentah
wa yagtaʼ al‑nuwwaar.
3 Habiibi,
ana leyah hu wa hu leyi ana.
Hu saarih fi l‑nuwwaar.
Kalaam al‑mahbuub
4 Inti jamiile,
ya habiibti,
misil hillit Tirsa
wa samha misil Madiinat al‑Khudus.
Inti ajiibe misil deech aziim
al‑maachi be raaytah !
5 Dalli uyuunki minni
achaan gaaʼidiin yibarjuluuni.
Wa chaʼarki misil danab al‑faras
al‑naazle min jabal Gilʼaad.
6 Wa sunuunki buyud
misil laban al‑khanam
wa misil al‑riheew al‑barradah al‑matar.
Ayyi sinn be gabiilitha,
ma fi waahide kula wagaʼat.
7 Wa khuduudki misil al‑rummaanaat
khaadi le laffaahitki.
8 Mumkin malik al‑balad indah
60 malikaat
wa 80 sirriiyaat
wa banaat udriiyaat bala adad.
9 Wa laakin ana,
hamaamti hi waahide wa jamiile.
Hi waahide fi ammaha
wa waalditha tihibbaha.
Al‑banaat chaafanha wa gaalan :
« Mabruuk leeki. »
Al‑malikaat wa l‑sirriiyaat chaafanha
wa chakaranha wa gaalan :
10 « Hi di yaati al‑tibiin
misil taluuʼ al‑harraay ?
Hi beeda misil al‑gamar
wa tiraari misil al‑harraay.
Hi ajiibe misil deech aziim
al‑maachi be raaytah ! »
11 Ana nazalt fi jineenit al‑fawaakih
le nichiif nabaat al‑waadi.
Jineenit al‑inab ramat walla ?
Chadar al‑rummaan nawwar walla ?
12 Wa min duun naʼarfah,
hasabt nafsi
ana raakib fi arabat al‑malik !
Kalaam al‑aakhariin
13 *Taʼaali !
Taʼaali,
ya bitt hillit Chulaam !
Gabbili le nichiifuuki !
Maala waajib nichiifu bitt hillit Chulaam
al‑talʼab been saff al‑banaat wa saff al‑subyaan ?