Nawal Al Zoghbi - Tia / نوال الزغبي - تيا

نوال الزغبي - تيا

يا تيا نوّرتي هالبيت ما بعرف مدري شو حسّيت

لمّا شمّيتك و ضمّيت متل اللي حالو لحالو ضمّ

ما بعرف شو اللي غيّرتي كبّرتي عمري زغّرتي

يا تيا بعيونك انت شفت الدني يا عيوني ام

نامي يا صغيري تتصيري كبيري بعطيكي عمري نامي بأمان

نامي يا صغيري بقلبي تتصيري عمري اللي جايي و عمري اللي كان

شو سهرت ليالي و شو قضّيت تشوفك عندي شو تمنّيت

يا تيا لعيونك غنّيت هيدا صلاة منّو غنا

يا ورده نيّال اللي شمّك يا صورة بيّك و أمّك

شو بتشبه عيونو رسمك يا صغيري شو بحبّك أنا

نامي يا صغيري تتصيري كبيري بعطيكي عمري نامي بأمان

نامي يا صغيري بقلبي تتصيري عمري اللي جايي و عمري اللي كان

Nawal Al Zoghbi - Tia

Oh Tia, you lit up this house

I don't know what you made me feel

When I smelled you and held you

It was as if I was holding onto myself (literally she says "like the one who held onto himself")

I don't know what you changed

But you made my life both bigger and smaller (because now her life means more but is also just a little girl, hence bigger and smaller?)

Oh Tia, with your eyes you saw the world

Oh my eyes, it's mother

           

Sleep my little one

So that you may grow up

I give you my life

Sleep soundly

Sleep my little one

So that in my heart you may be my whole life past and future

Oh how I've been sleepless at night

And oh how I've waited and hoped to see you with me

Oh Tia, I sing for your eyes

This is a prayer that I sang

Oh little flower, how fortunate is whoever smells you

You are the image of your mother and father

Oh how your eyes resemble his

Oh my little one, I love you so

Sleep my little one

So that you may grow up

I give you my life

Sleep soundly

Sleep my little one

So that in my heart you may be my whole life past and present