القمة
“The Top”
Pronounced: Qimmah
Emirati Classic
Written by Saeed Bin Drai Al-Falahi
هيمن على ارقى الجمال ولمه
Dominated on the finest beauty and collected it
Haymin ala arqa aljamal w’lamah
وجمع ثقافات البشر في تاجه
And gathered the cultures of mankind in his crown
W’jama thaqafat elbeshar fe tajah
قمه على قمه وذوقه قمه
Peak upon peak, and his taste is supreme
Qimmah ala qimmah w’thoogah qimmah
ذوق وجمال وغرتن وهاجه
Taste and beauty and an allure that shines
Thoog w’jamal w’gheratin wahaja
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طرف(ن) كحيل وفي رموشه سمه
A kohl-lined eye, and in his lashes, a mark
Tarfin k’heel w’fe romoshah simah
والعود يسفي تاجه وديباجه
And the oud (incense) blows upon his crown and his silk
W’alood ysfy tajah w’deebajah
وخصر(ن) مثل كسره وراها ضمه
And a waist like a “kasra,” followed by a “thama”
W’khasrin mithl kasra waraha thama
وفتحه على حد السكون اتواجه
And a “fat’ha” on the edge of “skoon” facing (Arabic marks, see below)
W’fat’ha ala had elskoon itwajah
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اهتم من همه .. وهمي همه
I care about what concerns him… and my concerns are his
Ehtam mn hamah… W’hamy hamah
ومنهاج قلبي .. منهجه منهاجه
And the course of my heart… Its path is his way
W’mnhaaj galby… Minhja minhajaah
دمه على دمي .. و دمي دمه
His blood is on my blood, and my blood is his
W’damah ala damy… W’damy damah
اهوا الدواء ... وانا الطبيب اعلاجه
He is the medicine (cure,) and I am the doctor of healing
Ohwa aldwa… W’na tabeeb i’ilajah
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ذمه ولا لي حاجتن محتاجه
I have no debts, and no needs to ask for
Thimah wla le hajatin mhtaja
لكن لك شي فوادي ضمه
But you have something my heart embraced
Laken lik shayin fwady damah
يامن على قلبي حكم بسياجه
O one who rules my heart with a fence around it
Yamin ala galby hikam b’syajah
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ياسيد مغرور الجمال وعمه
O lord, the conceited one of beauty and its glory
Ya seed maghroor aljamal w’amah
ياتاج راس الحسن زيد حراجه
O crown of beauty, increase your radiance
Ya taj ras alhisn zeed ehraja
قل تم ياعمري وقولي تمه
Say “done,” My life… and my complete what I say
Gil tam… Ya omry… W’goly timah
يا نشوة القلب الشجي وفراقه
O intoxication of the aching heart and its separation
Ya nashwat al galb elshjy w’fragah
