zayn tsawii

Audio with Theyab's pronunciation

Everything was boring today: daakhl the apartment, barah in the city,
fuug on the roof terrace, taHat at the beach. al-bidaayyah of the day
involved me doing taxes. I think this set the mood for as-saa:aat al-yaayah
and aS-SaraaHah, I was looking forward to an-nihaayat al-yawm.

Then someone offered me a naSiiHah. Whenever he feels bored,
he does nothing. 

It seemed contradictory. I was already doing as little as I possibly could.
But no, actually I was running around in search of a thrill to relieve the gloom.
So I stopped. I lay face down on my bed. And at 3pm, nimt.

nafs al-laylah, the situation flipped 180 degrees. I woke feeling everything,
susceptible to the slightest detail, and in a cheerful mood to boot. Boredom
goes hand in hand with exhaustion. When I told my friend this, he was pleased
that I had listened, for once.

"You who never takes my advice! Ha, zayn tswaiin!" he chuckled.

داخل	daakhl	Inside
برة	barah	Outside
فوق	fuug	Up
تحت	taHat	Down
البداية	al-bidaayyah	The start
الساعات الياية	as-saa:aat al-yaayah	The following hours
الصراحة	aS-SaraaHah	Honestly
النهاية اليوم	an-nihaayat al-yawm	The end of the day
نصيحة	naSiiHah	Advice
نمت	nimt	I slept
نفس اللية	nafs al-laylah	That same night
تذكر هذا	tdhakr hadhaa!	Remember that!
كليتي	kalayt-ay	You ate (to a female)
ريول خروف	riyuul kharuuf	Sheep’s feet
ولله	waallah	Wow