Al-Ghaym Yadūb fī al-Ṣaḥrā’

[Intro – Layālī / Vocalizações melismáticas com eco]
Yā lēl... yā ‘īn...
Āh... āhhh... layālī...
Yā rīḥ... yā ṣaḥrā’...


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[Bayt 1 – Verso 1]
Al-ghuyūm tamurr fawqa al-rimāl,
Tadhhab mithl al-hamāsāt bilā miṣāl.
Lā wadā‘, lā ṣawt, lā athar,
Fa’innī ashirru bi-l-shams ‘alā al-wa jh.


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[Bridge – com eco]
’Ilā ayna tadhhab... hādhihi al-ghuyūm?
Tadūb fī al-azraq... ba‘īda ‘anī.
Yasquṭ al-ẓill, wa yalīn al-zamān,
Wa lā nihāya li-l-ṣaḥrā’.


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[Lāzima – Refrão com repetição]
Al-ghuyūm... tadūb... fī nūr al-nahār.
Al-aḥlām... taṭīr... ilā layl bi-lā nihāya.
Ūūh... ūūh...
Yā rīḥ... yā rīḥ...


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[Bayt 2 – Verso 2]
Amshī waḥdī fawqa al-ramād,
Afkārī ḍā‘at fī ṣamt bād.
Al-samā’ wāsi‘, wa al-ṣamt ‘amīq,
Wa al-rīḥ yabkī bi-l-raqīq.


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[Bridge – com flauta oriental e layālī]
(Āhh... yā lēl... yā lēl...)
Kullu khaṭwa, nafas wa shu‘la,
Wa kullu ghamāma tansā ismāhā.


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[Lāzima – Refrão com variação]
Al-ghuyūm... tadūb... fī al-samā’.
Al-amal... yamshī... wa yatasā’al limā.
Ūūh... ūūh...
Tandathir fī al-rimāl...


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[Khitām – Final etéreo]
Yā lēl... yā lēl...
Yā ṣaḥrā’...
Āhhh...