Howa Saheeh El Hawa Ghalab - Um Koulthum

key words to learn:
saheeh - true or correct
al hawa - romance or love
ana - I
ma arfesh ana - I don't know
youm - day
halaawta - sweetness
qalbi - heart
aqoul - I say
khalaas - finished or done
kamaan - also or as well
al hob - love

howa saheeh alhawa ghalaab, ma arfesh ana
Is it true that love conquers all, I don't know

walhajar qaalwa maraar wazaab walyoum basna
Desertion makes it a bitter torment and torture and the day feels like a year

jaani alhawa min gheer mawaaeed wa kol maada halaawta tazeed
Love came to me without an appointment it's sweetness ever increasing

ma ahsabsh youm haykhodni baeed
I didn't suppose that one day it would take me away

yamanni qalbi bal afraah
My heart wishes for joy

waarja waqalbi kola jaraah
I return and my whole heart is injured

izaay ya tara
How I wonder?

ahwa da alli jara
Has this happened

wana ma arefsh
Without me knowing

nazra wakont ahsebha salaam watmar qawaam
A glance, I was considering it a greeting, it passed quickly

ataari feeha waoud wasdoud waalaam
I experienced in it promises, vows, repulsion and pain

waoud la tasdaq wala tensaan
Promises that were not sincere or upheld

ahoud ma alli maalouhash amaan
Vows with the one who cannot be trusted

sabar ala zala waharmaan
Patience for his shame and deprivation of me

wabdaal ma aqoul harmat khalaas
And as long as I say 'that's it I'm done'

aqoul ya rab jadni kamaan
I say 'oh Lord make it more intense for me' as well

izaay ya tara
How I wonder?

ahwa da alli jara
Has this happened

wana ma arefsh
Without me knowing

ya qalbi ah
Oh my heart ah

alhob waraa
Love ah

ashjaan wa alam
Grief and pain

wa andam wa atoub
I am remorseful and repent

wala almaktoub
And upon all that will be

ma yafdesh nadam
There is no benefit in remorse

ya reit ana aqdar akhtaar
If only I could choose

wala kont aeesh bein jana wanaar
I am living between heaven and hell

nahaari leil waleili nahaar
My day is night and my night is day

ahal alhawa wasafwa li dawaa
The people of love prescribed a cure for me

laqeet dawaa zoud fi asaa
I found the cure intensified in sadness

izaay ya tara
How I wonder?

ahwa da alli jara
Has this happened

ma arefsh ana
Without me knowing