Hallah, Hallah

[Intro – vocalizações suaves tipo layālī]
Āh... hallah... ḥayātī...
Āh... qalbī... nūrī...


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[Verso 1]
fī sabāḥ il-ḥubb bidaytī
bi-‘uyūn ummī shuft il-ḥayāt
yad abūya dayman ḥidnī
wa fi-l-qalb rabbī wafaāt


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[Refrão – com ritmo e repetições]
hallah, hallah — yā ḥayātī
hallah, hallah — yā ‘ā’ilatī
hallah, hallah — bi-rūḥī w dammī
hallah, hallah — ma fī mithlī


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[Verso 2]
‘alā ṭāwla fiha khubz w salam
wa b-ḥaḍn il-ahbab mā fī ‘alam
al-waqt yimshī bas al-ḥubb yibqā
bi-du‘ā yawmī w shams il-riḍā


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[Refrão – repetido com leve variação]
hallah, hallah — fī qalbī nūr
hallah, hallah — laḥn il-shukr
hallah, hallah — mā ansā alfāẓ
hallah, hallah — kull yawm wa layl


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[Ponte – layālī etéreo]
Āh... hallah...
Āh... yā rabbī...
Āh... ‘ā’ilatī...
Āh... ḥubbī...


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[Refrão Final]
hallah, hallah — ‘ala rūḥī
hallah, hallah — yā nūr ‘uyūnī
hallah, hallah — ḥamd li-rabbī
hallah, hallah — kull shay’ fīh ḥubbī