حبيبتي

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.biː.ba.tiː/

Noun

حَبِيبَتِي • (ḥabībatī) f (masculine حَبِيبِي (ḥabībī))

1. female equivalent of حَبِيبِي (ḥabībī)
   • 1970, Nizar Qabbani, “تَسْأَلُنِي حَبِيبَتِي [My love asks me]”, in Bassam K. Frangieh & Clementina R. Brown, transl., Arabian Love Poems, published 1999, The Book of Love, page 20:

     تَسْأَلُنِي حَبِيبَتِي
     مَا الْفَرْقُ مَا بَيْنِي وَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ
     لْفَرْقُ مَا بَيْنَكُمَا
     أَنَّكِ إِن ضَحِكْتِ يَا حَبِيبَتِي
     أَنْسَى السَّمَاءَ

     tasʔalunī ḥabībatī
     mā l-farqu mā baynī wamā bayna s-samāʔi
     lfarqu mā baynakumā
     ʔannaki ʔin ḍaḥikti yā ḥabībatī
     ʔansā s-samāʔa

     My love asks me:
     ‘What is the difference between me and the sky?’
     The difference, my love,
     Is that when you laugh,
     I forget about the sky.