Wenti Baeed

The title means "and you are far." A Moroccan Darija song about longing across distance. The night is long, and he asks how many years she will stay far, leaving him in doubt and suspicion. Keep me company, my love, he says, when I think of you, I see a new day. His dream is far and slips away from him, his lonely heart cannot push her out. Even while she is far, her eyes appear to him; he senses her and hears her voice beside him. He dreams and feels her close. The refrain says there is a far-away beloved. The last stretch lists the sad and lovely things: the roses, the spring's sorrow, the beautiful dream, the days of kohl, a Friday that was a beautiful time.