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    Mohamed El Hemaly – صفير الـبلبـلِ

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صفير الـبلبـلِ

صَوتُ صَفِيرِ البُلبُلِ
 
هَيَّجَ قَلبِي الثملِ
 
الماءُ وَالزَهرُ مَعاً
 
مَع زَهرِ لَحظِ المُقَلِ
 
وَأَنتَ يا سَيِّدَ لِي
 
وَسَيِّدِي وَمَولى لِي
 
فَكَم فَكَم تَيَمَّنِي
 
غُزَيِّلٌ عَقَيقَلي
 
قَطَّفتَهُ مِن وَجنَةٍ
 
مِن لَثمِ وَردِ الخَجَلِ
 
فَقالَ لا لا لا لا لا
 
وَقَد غَدا مُهَرولِ
 
وَالخُوذُ مالَت طَرَباً
 
مِن فِعلِ هَذا الرَجُلِ
 
فَوَلوَلَت وَوَلوَلَت
 
وَلي وَلي يا وَيلَ لِي
 
فَقُلتُ لا تُوَلوِلي
 
وَبَيّني اللُؤلُؤَ لَي
 
قالَت لَهُ حينَ كَذا
 
اِنهَض وَجد بِالنقَلِ
 
وَفِتيةٍ سَقَونَنِي
 
قَهوَةً كَالعَسَلَ لِي
 
شَمَمتُها بِأَنَفي
 
أَزكى مِنَ القَرَنفُلِ
 
فِي وَسطِ بُستانٍ حُلِي
 
بِالزَهرِ وَالسُرورُ لِي
 
وَالعُودُ دَندَن دَنا لِي
 
وَالطَبلُ طَبطَب طَبَ لِي
 
طَب طَبِطَب طَب طَبَطَب
 
طَب طَبَطَب طَبطَبَ لِي
 
وَالسَقفُ سَق سَق سَق لِي
 
وَالرَقصُ قَد طابَ لِي
 
حيالله حيالله حيالله حيالله
حيالله حيالله حيالله حيالله
 
شَوى شَوى وَشاهشُ
 
على ورق سفرجلِ
 
وغرد القمري يصيح
 
ملل في مللِ
 
ولو تراني راكباً
 
عَلى حِمارِ أَهزَلِ
 
يَمشِي عَلى ثَلاثَةٍ
 
كَمَشيَةِ العَرَنجلِ
 
وَالناسِ تَرجم جَمَلِي
 
في السوق بالقلقللِ
 
وَالكُلُّ كَعكَع كَعِكَع
 
خَلفي وَمِن حُوَيلَلي
 
لَكِن مَشَيتُ هارِباً
 
مِنْ خَشْيَةِ العَقَنْقِلِي
 
إِلَى لِقَاءِ مَلِكٍ
 
مُعَظَّمٍ مُبَجَّلِ
 
يَأْمُرُلِي بِخَلْعَةٍ
 
حَمراء كَالدَم دَمَلي
 
أَجُرُّ فيها ماشِياً
 
مُبَغدِداً لِلذِيِّلِ
 
أَنا الأَدِيبُ الأَلمَعِي
 
مِن حَيِّ أَرضِ المُوصِلِ
 
نَظِمتُ قِطعاً زُخرِفَت
 
يَعجزُ عَنها الأَدبُ لِي
 
أَقولُ فَي مَطلَعِها
 
صَوتُ صَفيرِ البُلبُلِ
 
حيالله حيالله حيالله حيالله
حيالله حيالله حيالله حيالله
 
English
Translation#1#2

The Whistling Bulbul

The sound of whistling bulbul1
 
Excited my tipsy heart
 
Water and roses coming together2
 
With the flowers of the glance of her black eyes
 
And you, my dear sir
 
My master and my lord
 
Oh, how I have wished for
 
A ruby-colored3 fawn
 
One that I plucked from a cheek
 
Having kissed it until shyness turned it pink
 
And she said: No, no, no, no
 
And ran away
 
And the pretty woman swooned over
 
Because of what this man had done
 
And she shouted in surprise
 
Oh my, oh dear, oh dear me
 
And I said, don't you shout
 
Show me the pearls4
 
That's when she told him
 
Get up and get the drinks
 
And a group of servants who offered me
 
A wine that tastes like honey
 
I smelled it with my nose
 
More fragrant than cloves
 
In the midst of a beautiful garden
 
Full of flowers and filling me with joy
 
And the approaching oud5 making a drin, drin sound
 
And the drum going pa rum pum pum
 
Rum pum pum, rum pum pum
 
Rum pum pum, rum pum pum
 
And the roof making a sak-sak-sak sound6
 
And I enjoyed the dancing
 
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
 
And grilled meat, fit for a king
 
On papers made of quince tree leaves
 
And the turtle dove sang
 
More and more
 
If only you've seen me riding
 
A scrawny donkey
 
Walking on three legs
 
Like a limping man
 
And people were throwing
 
Pots at my camel in the market
 
And everyone was scaring me
 
Behind me and around me
 
But I walked on and fled
 
Afraid of getting killed
 
To meet a king
 
Dignified and sublime
 
Who ordered a gift of clothing for me
 
Red7 like blood
 
I drag it behind me as I walk
 
Proud of its long tail
 
I'm the brilliant poet
 
From a neighborhood in Mosul8
 
I've composed adorned pieces of poetry
 
Unattainable for other poets
 
I say at the start of it:
 
The sound of whistling bulbul
 
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
 
  • 1. A songbird in the Pycnonotidae family
  • 2. Talking about his lover's face
  • 3. lit. red as agate
  • 4. i.e. your smiling teeth
  • 5. Music instrument similar to the lute
  • 6. the rustling sound of the wind going through a roof made of tree leaves
  • 7. the royal color
  • 8. in modern day Iraq
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Translations of "صفير الـبلبـلِ ..."

English #1, #2
Persian
Comments
MJ-Q8MJ-Q8    Mon, 26/06/2023 - 13:16

Wow, amazing work; thank you so much for your translation ✨✨ 🙌🏼

hayoliehayolie
   Mon, 26/06/2023 - 13:18

Thanks for your kind words and for adding the original lyrics and request. Such a beautiful and challenging song!

I was listening to this version and wondered if someone added it to LT already, and that's how I found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcUXd2Dhio

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