Ya Rayah
Ya rayah win msafar trouh taâya wa twali
Ch'hal nadmou laâbad el ghaflin qablak ou qabli
Ya rayah win msafar trouh taâya wa twali
Ch'hal nadmou laâbad el ghaflin qablak ou qabli
Ch'hal cheft al bouldan lâamrine wa lber al khali
Ch'hal dhiyaât wqat ch'hal tzid mazal ou t'khali
Ya lghayeb fi bled ennas ch'hal taâya ma tadjri
Tzid waâd el qoudra wala zmane wenta ma tedri
Aâlach qalbek hzine waâlach hakda ki zawali
Matdoum achadda wila tzid taâlem ou tabni
maydoumou layyam wala ydoum seghrek ou seghri
Ya hlil ou meskine li ghab saâdou ki zahri
Ya msafer naâtik oussaayti addiha el bakri
Chouf ma yeslah bik qbal ma tbiî ou ma techri
Ya nnayem djani khabrek ma sralek ma srali
Hakdha rad el qalb bel djbine sabhane el âali
in english:
Oh Emigrant
Oh emigrant, where are you going?
Eventually you must come back
How many ignorant people have regretted this
Before you and me
How many overpopulated countries and empty lands have you seen?
How much time have you wasted?
How much have you yet to lose?
Oh emigrant in the country of others
Do you even know what's going on?
Destiny and time follow their course but you ignore it
Why is your heart so sad?
And why are you staying there miserable?
Hardship will end and you no longer learn or build anything
The days don't last, just as your youth and mine didn't
Oh poor fellow who missed his chance just as I missed mine
Oh traveler, I give you a piece of advice to follow right away
See what is in your interest before you sell or buy
Oh sleeper, your news reached me
And what happened to you happened to me
Thus, the heart returns to its creator, the Highest.
Ya rayah win msafar trouh taâya wa twali
Ch'hal nadmou laâbad el ghaflin qablak ou qabli
Ya rayah win msafar trouh taâya wa twali
Ch'hal nadmou laâbad el ghaflin qablak ou qabli
Ch'hal cheft al bouldan lâamrine wa lber al khali
Ch'hal dhiyaât wqat ch'hal tzid mazal ou t'khali
Ya lghayeb fi bled ennas ch'hal taâya ma tadjri
Tzid waâd el qoudra wala zmane wenta ma tedri
Aâlach qalbek hzine waâlach hakda ki zawali
Matdoum achadda wila tzid taâlem ou tabni
maydoumou layyam wala ydoum seghrek ou seghri
Ya hlil ou meskine li ghab saâdou ki zahri
Ya msafer naâtik oussaayti addiha el bakri
Chouf ma yeslah bik qbal ma tbiî ou ma techri
Ya nnayem djani khabrek ma sralek ma srali
Hakdha rad el qalb bel djbine sabhane el âali
in english:
Oh Emigrant
Oh emigrant, where are you going?
Eventually you must come back
How many ignorant people have regretted this
Before you and me
How many overpopulated countries and empty lands have you seen?
How much time have you wasted?
How much have you yet to lose?
Oh emigrant in the country of others
Do you even know what's going on?
Destiny and time follow their course but you ignore it
Why is your heart so sad?
And why are you staying there miserable?
Hardship will end and you no longer learn or build anything
The days don't last, just as your youth and mine didn't
Oh poor fellow who missed his chance just as I missed mine
Oh traveler, I give you a piece of advice to follow right away
See what is in your interest before you sell or buy
Oh sleeper, your news reached me
And what happened to you happened to me
Thus, the heart returns to its creator, the Highest.