[Intro]
Illiyeen
Wayn aktar min kida fo2?
Sodrī taʿbān
Bass rūḥī li-sāhya fawq
[Verse 1]
Kunt taʿbān min zahnī
ʿoyūnī mazāyil saḥra
Kull yōm asʿad nafsi
Baʿdēn aṭīḥ taḥt al-satrā
Shuft ḥāyāti ka-manzar
Mamlā bi-wujūh al-msaḥā
Ḥatta lammā ḍaḥikt maʿhum
Ḥassēt īnni barra al-ḥafā
[Chorus]
Illiyeen
ʿaynī foq
Rijli taḥt al-ṭīn
Darb ṭawīl
Bass qalbī yastadīn
Illiyeen
Law waqaʿt
Arjaʿ min al-rakʿa dīn
Arsum sabīlī ʿalā kull ḥīṭ
[Verse 2]
Yōmīn asāl: "leh ana hēna?"
Yōmīn aʾūl: "ana ʿārif līh"
Bēn al-khawf w-al-sakīna
Bimshī w-aḥsib kull nfas shēh
Sahart layālī aʿaddī
Kalimāt gūwa al-sukūt
Ḥattā al-jarḥ li-fi ṣadri
Baddal nāran bi-nūr maknūt
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Law ghalt
ʿallimnī
Law ḍaʿt
Dallīnī ʿalā manāzili
[whispered vocals]
Fi ṣalātī
Fi damʿat ʿēnī
Asmāʿ ismī yanādī: "taʿāl Illiyeen"
[Chorus]