Linda George
KHUM-RAA TEE-QAA
Old Wine
KHUM-RAA TEE-QAA
TA[1] SHAA-TAAKH LEH AH KHUM-RAA[2]
come[1] and we shall drink this wine[2]
KHOO-BAA[3] D DE-YEE BEE-YOOKH
my love[3] for you
KHOO-BAA D DAA-WAAR[4], QAA-IM[5], OO DAA-TEED[6]
the love of the past[4], present[5], and future[6]
-KOOL MIN-DEE-[7] BET MAA-YIT
everything[7] shall die
LE PAA-YISH[8] GOO DAA DOON-YEH[9]
they will not remain[8] in this world[9]
AKH-CHEE[10] KHOO-BAA LEH PE-SHAA-NAA[11]
only[10] love is enduring/remaining[11]
AA-PEN[12] MIN KHAA-YAAN[13] SHOON-YEH[14]
-even though-[12] -our lives-[13] have moved[14] on
MAAKH[15] KHUM-RAA ATEE-QAA[16]
like[15] old[16] wine
CHMAA ATIQ, LEH SAA-WAAKH MI-NEH
how much it ages, our thirst will never quench (be satisfied)
TAA PAAT-KHAAKH LA QAA-TDAA-LAA[17]
let us open the jug[17]
KHOOM-YAA-LAAN[18] BEE SHINEH[19]
that -we saved-[18] all these years[19]
KHUMRAA TEEQAA
old wine
MAAKH DAA-WAA[20] D -BET NAAH-RAIN-[21]
like the gold of Mesopotamia[21]
KMAA AA-TIQ, BOOSH IK-LAA TDEE-MAA[22]
how it ages, it's value[22] increases
KHOO-BOOKH QAA-TEE[23] DAA-QIR[24] KHA-YEE[25]
your love -for me-[23] is worth[24] more than -my life-[25]
BOOSH MIN DAA-WAA[26], MIN SEE-MAA[27]
more than gold[26], more than silver[27]
EN LAA HELEH KHOO-BAA
if you don't give the love
YAA-RAAB, KHOO-BAA KMAA BA-SEE-MAA[28]
oh god, love so good/tasty[28]
APEN ZO-NAA[29] ALEE OO AAL-OOKH
even though the time[29] on me and you
MIN JEL-DEH LEH ZLEE-MAA
from a long time ago, has ruined
KHUMRAA TEEQAA
old wine
TAA PAAT-KHAAKH LA QAA-TDAA-LAA
let us open the jug
KHOOM-YAA-LAAN BEE SHI-NEH
that we saved all these years
TAA SHAA-TAAKH MIN DAA KHUM-RAA
let us drink from this wine
HICH LEH SAA-WAAKH MI-NEH
and our thirst will never quench from it (we shall not be
satisfied)
TAA PAAT-KHAAKH LA QAA-TDAA-LAA
let us open the jug
SPIR-TOOKH EE-WIN BEE SHI-NEH
I've waited all these years
KHUMRAA TEEQAA
old wine