Om Kalthoum - In Waiting for Youأم كلثوم - انا في انتظاركAna fi Intizarek

In terms of the interesting rhyme technique in this song, the translation does no justice. The lines rhyme using verbs that are part of a sentence that continues in the next line. So rather than each line being a complete thought, there is a bit of suspense as to what may come next.

Om Kalthoum - In Waiting for You

In waiting for you I set a fire in my ribs
And put my hands on my cheeks and counted the seconds of your abscence
And you did not come
If only in my life I had never loved
I wanna know if you are angry or someone is worrying your heart
You made me say from my despair that this absence will always be abscence
And what I might remember that you were guilty of
To make you worse
I did not find
If only in my life I had never loved
I am turned over the embers of hell
And my thoughts are scattered
I consider the puff of air your mistake
I consider the whisper your language
I greeted the morning and the evening this way
And they saw me and said I'd gone crazy
If only in my life I had never loved
You promised me years and days
And you come to me with commotion and talk
You say hi and pass in an instant
Or turn around and tell me you forgot
If only in my life I had never loved

أم كلثوم - انا في انتظارك

أنا في انتظارك خليت
ناري في ضلوعي وحطيت
إيدي على خدي وعديت
بالثانية غيابك ولا جيت
يا ريتني عمري ما حبيت
عايز أعرف لا تكون غضبان
أو شاغل قلبك انسان
خليتني من يأسي أقول
الغيبة دي غيبة على طول
واتفكر إيه اللي جنيت
من ذنب يسيئك ما لقيت
يا ريتني عمري ما حبيت
اتقلب على جمر النار
واتشرد ويا الأفكار
النسمة أحسبها خطاك
والهمسة أحسبها لغاك
على كده أصبحت وأمسيت
وشافوني وقالوا اتجنيت
يا ريتني عمري ما حبيت
توعدني بسنين وايام
وتجيني بحجج وكلام
وتسلم وتمر قوام
او تخلف وتقول لي نسيت
يا ريتني عمري ما حبيت