Aatini Al Naya Wa Ghanni (Fatma Said) [Nasreddine Dinet]

Aatini Al Naya Wa Ghanni
Performed by Fatma Said
Music by Najib Hankash
Lyrics by Gibran Khalil Gibran
Paired here with a modified version of “Two Arab Nomad Children Playing a Flute while Watching Goats in the Desert” (1918) by Alphonse-Étienne (“Nasreddine”) Dinet
Aatini al naya wa ghanni
falghina ssiro elkhouloud
wa anin ul nay yabqa
ba’ada ane yafna elwoujoud
Hal takhadhta alghaba mithli
manzilan doun al-qousur
fatataba’ata alssawaqi
wa tassalaqta al-ssoukhur
Hal tahamamta bi’atrin
wa tanashafta binour
wa sharibta alfajra khamran
fi ki’oussin min 'athir