Nefsi – Ali Magrebi

بكتب لك حبيبي رسالة

I am writing you a letter, my love

وانا ببكي وحالتي حالة

I’m crying and in a pitiful state

مع إن الكتاف شيّالة

Even though my shoulders can carry heavy loads

بس بجد مش قادر

But I really can’t bear this anymore

حِمل الدنيا أكبر مني

The burden of the world is more than what I can bear

تُقل سنيني كبّر سِني

The weight of the years has made me older than I really am

محتاج لك معايا تعينّي

I need you here with me to help me

بجد وحشني ع الآخر

I truly miss you so much

نِفسي في نظرة تحييني

I only wish for a look from you that will revive me

أو لمسة على جبيني

Or a touch on my forehead

إيدك يا رسول الله

I wish that your hand, O messenger of Allah…

تمسح لي دموع عيني

would wipe away my tears

نِفسي تضمّني وابكي

I wish you would hold me and I’d cry,

من ظلم البشر أشكي

I’d complain to you of the wrongs I’ve suffered at the hand of people

أفضفض لك أوي واحكي

I would pour out my heart to you and tell you everything

وبكلمة تنسّيني

And with one word you would make me forget it all

الدنيا كتير بتضيق

The world keeps getting harder

وما بلقاش في تعبي صديق

And in my moment of need I cant’t find a friend beside me

ولا كلمة تبلّ الرّيق

Not even a kind word to quench my thirst

أرجوك نِفسي تدعيلي

Please, I wish you’d to pray for me

يهديني الطريق لخُطاك

So that my path will guide me to follow your footsteps

وافضل طول حياتي وراك

And that I may remain for the rest of my life following you

نِفسي أعيش وأموت في رضاك

I wish to live and die while obtaining your pleasure

تبقى دوايا ودليلي

And that you’d be my cure and my guide

Lyrics: Mahmoud Farouk
Arrangement: Mahmood Ammar 
Mix & Master: Mahmood Ammar 
©️ Awakening Music 2022