[Intro]
Ketba ye fiqre so
Inka nabàd, nashuf kawn l-ḥub
[Verse 1]
Khaṭar min qalbi, yanḍaɣ fi barḍa
Waqt yudḥikni, waqti yutbaʿ li baniḥa
Nisḥin fi sukna, suqut il-ḥub fi ’ ayni
Tirha taṭraq, wa ana fī ḥayti nshuf nouri
[Pre-Chorus]
Wahdi fī ṭrii, lakin qalbi ma fāshi
Nalqa al-aman fii ṭarīqi inhāni
[Chorus]
Ketba ye fiqre so, niktibha ʿala ’l-ḥalo
Ninḍiq al-zaman, nṛud jayaq ḥelwa
Qalbi yasmaʿ awāh, wāḥid yuwsi ḥulwa
Lakin l-ḥobb yḍḥikni, yaḥfa li maḥabba
[Verse 2]
Nashīd fi ’l-layl, nḥawwil nshaaḍ ḥulm
Nashar ruyāna fi ’l-‘aṣā, la budda min’amol
Kul yom naktub ismak, fi uṭfiyaʿ al-Ḥilm
Wāqti ilāka yanzil, yaʿtik wḍaḥt al-kalim
[Pre-Chorus]
Kull ḥāla tḍḥakni, waṣṣāba ḥawaśi
Lākin il-ḥubb yajmaʿ kul wajhi
[Chorus]
Ketba ye fiqre so, niktibha ʿala ’l-ḥalo
Ninḍiq al-zaman, nṛud jayaq ḥelwa
Qalbi yasmaʿ awāh, wāḥid yuwsi ḥulwa
Lakin l-ḥobb yḍḥikni, yaḥfa li maḥabba
[Bridge]
Nuhawwil nuḥḍi nisbī, naskur lil-ḥilm
Fi kul ḥaraka, nastaḍ imāna l-qalb
[Chorus]
Ketba ye fiqre so, niktibha ʿala ’l-ḥalo
Ninḍiq al-zaman, nṛud jayaq ḥelwa
Qalbi yasmaʿ awāh, wāḥid yuwsi ḥulwa
Lakin l-ḥobb yḍḥikni, yaḥfa li maḥabba
[Outro]
Ketba ye fiqre so, ya’ūd ḥatta yuwāḍiʿ
Nadī al-ḥub, w‑yughni ḥakāyā