Showing posts with label Arabic poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arabic poetry. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 17, 2014




So you either learn the craziness of my love .. Or I learn the rationality of your heart

(fa ema an tata'alamy jonoon hoby aw ata'alam ta'qol qalbake )
___________

" فإما " so either ... or (fa'ema )
"أن " that
"تتعلمي " you learn (for females ) (tata'alame )
You learn for males (tata'alam ) تتعلم

"جنون "( jonoon) craziness
"حبي " my love (hoby )

"أو " or (aw )
"أتعلم " I learn (ata'alam )
"تَعَقل " the rationality (ta'aqol )
"قلبك " your heart (qalboke )

"تعقل قلبك " the rationality of your heart
In Arabic, two nouns can be placed one after the other in what is called a genitive construct (الإضافة) to indicate possession. First comes the noun being possessed (المضاف), then comes the noun referring to the owner (المضاف اليه). For example:
كتاب الولد (kitaab il-walad) the boy's book
"تعقل قلبك " the rationality of your heart


Your eyes pierce into my heart-

_______
" عيونك " your eyes ( 'yonoke )
" شوكة " thorn (shawkah )
" في " in (fe )
" القلب " the heart (alqalb )



"أنا عنك ما أخبرتهم .. لكنهم
لمحوك تغتسلين في أحداقي "
نزار قبانى

"I've never told them about you,but they caught sight of you in my eyes( pupils"
________
أنا I ana
عَنْ about ('an
كِ possessive adjective for females ( ke
ما (ma) not - expressing negation
_أخبرتُهُمْ :
أخبَر Inform (akhbar)
تُ (to ) referring to the subject
they (plural masculine) هُم Hum
_لكن but (laken)
they (plural masculine) هُم Hum

_لمحَ (caught sight of ( lamaha
لمحوكِ الواو referring to they
الكاف ك referring to her with kasra and it's object pronoun
لمحوك they caught sight of you

_ في (in (fe

_ أحداق broken plural _gam' takseer _ (hadaqa) pupils of the eye
and the singular is " حدقة " hadaqah


I love you , Because you are you, No one is like you , No one compare to you , You are irreplaceable

_____
" أحبك " I love you (oheboke)
" لـ " Because ( la)
"أن " that (ana )
" كِ " you (ke),object pronoun as you feminine

"أنتِ أنتِ " subject pronoun as you feminine

أحـبك لأنك أنـتِ انتِ I love you,because you're you
(oheboke la'anake ante ante )
______

" لا " no (la )
" شبيه " comparable (shabeh)
_______
"لا " no (la )
" مثيل " twin ,similar (matheel )
_______
" لا " no (la )
"بديل " replacement ( badeel )

"لَ " for (la)

"كِ " object pronoun as you feminine (ke )

Mahmoud Darwish



Be who you are wherever, and carry the sorrow of your heart, alone.

____________
" و " and (wa )
" كُن " be ( kon ) 
" من " who ( man )
" انت " you ( anta )
" حيث " anywhere (haitho )
"تكون " you're ( takoon )
________
" و " and (wa)
" احمل " carry ( ehmel )
" عبء " burden ( 'eb' )
" قلبك " your heart ( qalbak ) and ك is object pronoun as you masculine (ka )

" وحده " alone ( wahdaho)