كل ما بتشرق [Kel Ma Betshroq] [Transliteration]

Kel ma-betshrouq shames-nhar

btakhoud al-a'younik ṣūwar

Yjenn il-layl njoumou-tghar

ma baddoun ghaīrik-qmar

ḥayatī, ḥayatī

Ya ḥayatī, tolī w khalī i layl nhar

ḥayatī fīb el-kawn qmar ktar

ḥayatī fbel wjoudik kanou qmar

bi wgoudik malou athar ya ḥayatī

Ya amīret kel-l-najmat

'omrī kellou bḥidaīki

Ṣāwtik hamsat-al-nasmat

wel ḥenīyyi b'īnaīki

Ṣāwbik raḥ waddī-l-nahdat

ḥatta-t-ḍālla ḥwalaīki

w ghannī bḥesmik ghennīyat

ma byeḥlam fīha 'aṭār

ḥayatī

Kel ma-betshrouq shames-nhar

btakhoud al-a'younik ṣūwar

Yjenn il-layl njoumou-tghar

ma baddoun ghaīrik-qmar

Metel ḥkayat-al-khayal

laken enti ḥaqīqa

Aṭāll'a fīki-l ṣobḥ w-mal

w sammaki aghla-rfīqa

Vrash al-seḥr 'alaīki wqal

'annik kelmi riqīqa

Yalle 'aṭīki-l jamal,

jamal al-kawn khtaṣār

ya ḥayatī

Kel ma-betshrouq shames-nhar

btakhoud al-a'younik ṣūwar

Yjenn il-layl njoumou-tghar

ma baddoun ghaīrik-qmar

Ya ḥayatī, tolī w khalī i layl nhar

ḥayatī fīb el-kawn qmar ktar

ḥayatī fbel wjoudik kanou qmar

bi wgoudik malou athar ya ḥayatī

• Artist:Wael Kfoury