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Arabic
Original lyrics
ليل يا ليل
أصـابَـكَ عِـشْـقٌ، أم رُمـيـتَ بِأسْـهُـمٍ
فَـمـا هــذِهِ إلا سَـــجِــيَّــةُ مُــغـــــــرمٍ
أَلا فــاسْـقِـنـي كــاســـاتٍ وَغَــنِّ لــي
ليل يـا لـيـل... لـيـل يـا لـيـل!
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Miral Hijazi on 2024-04-13
Miral Hijazi on 2024-04-13English
Translation
Night, O Night
Did you fall in love or were you struck by arrows?
For this is the nature of a lover
Why don't you pour me a drink and sing for me
Night, O night... Night, O night!
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About translator
The title and last line are a common kind of layali: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layali (repeating the words night without an explicit meaning)
The lyrics are based on a longer ancient Arabic poem attributed to either Qays bin Al-Mulawwah, Yazid ibn Mu'awiya or an earlier poet.