Translation

from Warda 'Hikaiti Maa Al Zaman' booklet 

published by: EMI Music Arabia



Lyrics: Mohamed Hamza

Composer: Baligh Hamdi



Hikaiti Maa Al Zaman (The Story of My Life)

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I called "my darling".

That day was destined to be mine.

My life has been scrificed to you in

a prominade I called "my life".

Among you here have I agreed to suffer;

Till my heart has wasted away, did I suffer.



But here never have I lived a joyful day;

much have I suffered, much have I endured

But never did I complain, never did I cry

because of his treatment of me.

My heart was wasted away, so have I suffered.



The reproach of friends will never heal wounds,

will never bring back the past.

This is the story of my life.



A paradise, high in the sky,

has he drawn for me; and told me

"Let us live there",

I shall have a happy life, I said.

In his own imagination has he built

castles of dreams. 

"Nothing is impossible", he said.

I closed my eyes.



When I awoke I found nothing;

nothing but my hopes and tortures awaiting me.



Amongst you know not wither I go,

I know not whence I came.

But I am here having suffered much.

I have cried and suffered painful,

unforgettable days;

unforgettable should I live a million years.



The reproach of friends will never heal wounds,

will never bring back the past.

This is the story of my life.