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I will not return to you no matter how much my heartbeats beg for mercy You are the one who started the boredom and aversion And betrayed my love So if you call my heart to be reconciled today No, it will not respond You were for me the days when love was my hope in this world and his world was my hope When I sang to you the tune of flirtation Amidst the joys of the first love And you were my eyes And by its light the flowers of youth and charms shone And you were my soul My heart wandered in its secret And suspicions did not comprehend its extent You promised me that love between us would be nothing but contentment and purity And you told me that the torment of separation is good news that will bring us the nearness of the meeting Then you broke the promises that made my heart happy Did you see something new in a fresh love? My love is gone Oh, how long have I been praying to it And how busy I am in the nights of sleeplessness And I had an ecstasy for it, and after you I have no blessing from my imaginations and my ecstasy, I wonder what your soul will say after me, in my distance, my pride and my asceticism. Live as you desire, near or far, according to my days, wounds, lamentations and promises, and my nights of loss and ingratitude, and meeting and farewell that leave the heart alone, the lamp and the cups and the memory stay awake with me, and the eyes of the night, their light fading in my tears. Oh, the memory of you, with which my soul lived on illusion for years, has gone from my mind, except for an echo that accustoms me now and then. I commune with the story of yesterday, and the dreams of tomorrow, and the beautiful wishes that danced in my temple, and the wounds that ignite their fire in my bed, and the clouds of a cloudy imagination like eternity, I am I will not return to you, no matter how much my heartbeats beg for mercy. You are the one who started the boredom and estrangement and betrayed my love. So if you call my heart today to be at peace, no, it will not respond. Sung by Umm Kulthum, composed by Riyad Al Sunbati, written by Ahmed Fathy.