Translation of the song زمان ما هو زماني artist Warda Al-Jazairia
زمان ما هو زماني
A Time That's Not Mine
(وردة)
(Warda)
ع بالي لو تحب تعرف علومي
On my mind, if you want to know how I am 1
وكيف الهم من كاسه سقاني
And how grief watered me from its goblet
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على نفسي ترى عتبي ولومي
Upon me is my blame & my reproach 2
ولا باعتب ولا بشكي لثاني
And I don't blame or complain to another (soul)
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أنا وش اللي بقالي غير يومي
For me, what's remaining for me other than my instant day
لقيته فيه زمان ما هو زماني
That I found in a time (an age, era) that's not mine
(عبادي)
(Abadi)
ياوردة مابها شي يدوم
Warda, there's nothing to it that remains/lasts
دنيا والبشر فيها معاني
For a world where humans are of meanings/symbols
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أحد تلقاه في سره كتوم
One you find is able to keep deep secrets
وأحد منه تعاني ماتعاني
And another from whom you suffer a great deal
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ولا يهمك ولا نفسك تلومي
Don't bother & don't blame yourself
عزيزه ياصفا روح الأغاني
Rare are the clear souls of song!
(وردة)
(Warda)
عرفت الناس ولي بانت خصومي
I understood people, & to me my foes appeared3
من الأصحاب جاني ما كفاني
From friends more than enough of a deal (of sorrow) befell me
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معاهم حتى في صحوي ونومي
I was with them even in my waking & my sleep
ولا ضنيت لي يرضو الهوان
& who I've never thought would accept harm/insult for me
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أنا وش اللي بقالي غير يومي
For me, what's remaining for me other than my instant day
لقيته فيه زمان ما هو زماني
That I found in a time that's not mine
(عبادي)
(Abadi)
صحيح الوقت في طبعه ظلوم
It's true, time is unjust in its nature
رماني بين حسادي رماني
It throws one between envy-filled people, it does
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ولكني على كثرة همومي
But even with my many sorrows/burdens
تعب صبري ولازلة لساني
As my patience grew tired, my tongue never slipped 4
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ولا يهمك ولا نفسك تلومي
Don't bother & don't blame yourself
عزيزة يا صفا روح الأغاني
Rare are the clear souls of song!
(وردة)
(Warda)
انا سلمتهم قلبي الرحوم
I gave them my merciful/kind heart
ولا احد منهم حس بحناني
But none of them ever felt it
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(عبادي)
(Abadi)
يا وردة ياقمر بين النجوم
Warda, you a moon among stars
مكانك فوق و ما مثله مكان
Your place is up high & no place is a match of it
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