Abdel Halim Hafez - Beautiful Liarعبد الحليم حافظ - حلو وكذابHelw wa Kezzab

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المتصفح الذي لديك لايدعم مشغل الأغاني. دبر حالك و روح نزل البرنامج أو .<A HREF="http://song.6rb.com/songer/x/egypt/abdelhaleem/abdelhaleem-7elw_o_kaddab.rm">اضغط هنا</A> لسماع الأغنية.

Abdel Halim Hafez - Beautiful Liar Beautiful liar why did I believe you? It's my fault that I obeyed you Liar... a beautiful liar

Why have you been lying to me from the first date
Shame on you
If you asked for my eyes I'd walk across the country and bring them to you as a gift
What's so hard about just coming and saying "hi" to me and going on your way?
You beautiful liar

I waited along time, delusional, suffering, not knowing what's real (literally something like, "my eyes were confused")
And what's gonna happen if you meet me once and you take pity on me
What's so hard about just coming and saying "hi" to me and going on your way?
Beautiful liar

عبد الحليم حافظ - حلو وكذاب

حلو وكذاب ليه صدقتـك
الحق عليّ اني طاوعتـك

كــذاب .. حلــو وكــذاب

ليه تكذب عليّ من اول ميعاد ده حرام الأسيــــه
لو تطلب عينيّه امشيلك بلاد واجيبهم هديّــــــــه
وفيها ايه ايه لو جيتني تسلّم بس وتفوتنـــــــي
حلو وكذاب ..

طوّلت انتظاري بين وهمي وناري وحيرة عينيّه
وايه اللي يجرى لو توعدني مره وتعطف علـيّ
وفيها ايه ايه لو جيتني تسلّم بس وتفوتنـــــــي
حلو وكذاب ..

Abdel Halim Hafez - Loving You is Hellعبد الحليم حافظ - حبك نارHobak Nar

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There's one small point here in the translation that the word "naar (نار)" means both "hell" and "fire" in Arabic and is being used interchangeably here. He's talking about the torment he goes through in his love for her, represented as a burning fire, but the experience of that fire is best translated in English as the idea of "going through hell" as we say.

Abdel Halim Hafez - Loving You is Hell Loving you is hell Being away from you is hell Being in your presence is hell (because he can't profess his love) And more than hell

It's hell, my darling, hell
Your love is a fire (same word for hell) that I don't want to put out
Or let there be a moment I don't feel it
A fire, my darling, that woke me up and healed me
I love the world when I'm experiencing it

It's hell, my darling, hell
You melt me apart with this wonderful torment
And I send you a message with my eyes
It's not blame nor is it reproach my darling
It's nothing more than the word "ah" (which is an exclamation of pain)

Oh darling I love you

Oh, if you knew what I'm going through
And the desire that I've been hiding from you
Would your heart be up all night too with my heart saying "ah"?

Oh darling I love you

It's hell, my darling, hell

عبد الحليم حافظ - حبك نار

حبك نـــــــــــــــار
بعدك نــــــــــــــــــار
قربك نــــــــــــــار
وأكثر من نـــــــــــار

نار يا حبيبي نار
حبك نار مش عايز اطفيها ولا اخليهـــــــا
دقيقه تفوتني ما احسش بيهــــــــــــــــــا
نار يا حبيبي .. نار صحتني .. نار خلتنــي
احب الدنيا واعيش لياليهــــــــــــــــــــــــا

نار يا حبيبي نار
يا مذوبني بأحلى عـــــــــذاب
بابعثلك بعنيّه جــــــــــــــواب
مش لوم يا حبيبي ولا عتــاب
مش اكثر من كلمـــــــــــة آه

آه يا حبيبي بحبك

آه لو تعرف اللي انا فيــــــــه
والشوق اللي غلبت اداريــــه
كان قلبك يسهر لياليــــــــــــه
مع قلبي ويقول لــــــــــــه آه

آه يا حبيبي بحبك

نار يا حبيبي نار

Abdel Halim Hafez - The Messiahعبد الحليم حافظ - المسيحEl Maseeh

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The lyrics to this song hold quite a few surprises. Disguised as a song about Jesus Christ, this is really song of outrage against Israel over the occupation of Jerusalem.

Abdel Halim Hafez - The Messiah Oh my words, circle the whole world far and wide And open the eyes of mankind which have inherited the Earth On the Earth the Messiah left his footprint On the Earth the Messiah bled out his pain

In Jerusalam on the Via Dolorosa
And in Hebron the bells of the churches rang
In the desert the Bible was born
How long will justice remain lost in you oh Via Dolorosa?
And how long will the light in the conscience be off
And the stars of peace?
And how long must messiah after messiah march, wounded there on this land?
How long must they continue crying out?

With crown of thorns upon his forhead and a cross upon his shoulder
Now oh Jerusalem your son, like the Messiah was, is a stranger
With crown of thorns upon his forhead and a cross upon his shoulder
They betrayed him... Those same Jews betrayed him
Now, oh Jerusalem, your son, like the Messiah, must return
To the land/earth (same word, double meaning)

عبد الحليم حافظ - المسيح

ياكلمتي لفي ولفي الدنيا طولها وعرضها
وفتحي عيون البشر للي حصل علي ارضها
علي ارضها طبع المسيح قدمه
علي ارضها نزف المسيح ألمه

في القدس في طريق الآلام ..
وفي الخليل رنت تراتيل الكنايس
في الخلا صبح الوجود انجيل

تفضل تضيع فيك الحقوق لامتي ياطريق الآلام
وينطفي النور في الضمير وتنطفي نجوم السلام
ولامتي فيك يمشي جريح ..
ولامتي فيك يفضل يصيح
مسيح ورا مسيح ورا مسيح علي أرضها

تاج الشوك فوق جبينه وفوق كتفه الصليب
دلوقت ياقدس ابنك زي المسيح غريب غريب
تاج الشوك فوق جبينه وفوق كتفه الصليب
خانوه... خانوه نفس اليهود
ابنك ياقدس زي المسيح لازم يعود ..
علي أرضها

Abdel Halim Hafez - I Dream of Youعبد الحليم حافظ - بحلم بيكBahlam Beek

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Abdel Halim Hafez - Dream of You I Dream of you, I dream of you And with my longing I await you And if you check up on me It would be enough for me I lived happy nights dreaming of you I dream of you

I dream of you, my darling
You filled my days with joy
I dream of you, know since when
Since the first moment I knew I loved you
I've been dreaming of you, I love you
And you are my first and last love
And you are my life and my smile

I dream of a paradise that my imagination couldn't hold before I love you
I'm dreaming of you and it's as if you're right beside me all these nights
I keep on loving you and talking to you, my sweetheart
I call you by the most beautiful name my sweetheart

As long as my life lasts my darling
I'll wait for you forever my darling
Night and day I will say oh my darling
Nobody's told you about this longing I feel for you
Some day that longing will reach you and you can experience its nights

عبد الحليم حافظ - بحلم بك

بحلم بيك انا بحلم بيك
وباشواقي مستنيك
وان ما سائلتش فيا
يبقا كفاية عليا
عشت ليالي هنيا احلم بييك
انا بحلم بيك

بحلم بيك يا حبيبي انا
ياللي مليت ايامي هنا
بحلم بيك عارف من امتى
من اول ماعرفت احب
بحلم بيك وبحبك وانت
اول حب وآخر حب
وانت حياتي وابتساماتي

بحلم بالجنة الي خيالي
قبل الحب ماكانش يطولها
بحلم بيك وبيتهائلي
انك جمبي ليالي بطولها
وافضل احبك واحكيلك يا حبيب قلبي
باجمل اسم اناديلك يا حبيب قلبي

اد ما عمري يطول يا حبيبي
حستناك علطول يا حبيبي
ليلي نهاري بقول يا حبيبي
ياللي ماحدش قالك عالشوق اللي انا فيه
بكرة الشوق يوصلك وتجرب لياليه

Abdel Halim Hafez - Reader of Fortunesعبد الحليم حافظ - قارئة الفنجان

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Abdel Halim Hafez is a music legend in Egypt and aside from Om Kalthoum is probably the most prominent musician. This song is from a poem written by Nizar Qabbani. The title is literally translated as "cup reader," referring to the act of reading fortunes from the grains left in the bottom of a cup of Turkish coffee. These lyrics are the words to the poem itself and not word for word how they were performed by Abdel Halim.

This translation is by Natalie Smolenski.

Abdel Halim Hafez - Reader of Fortunes She sat with fear in her eyes Contemplating the overturned cup. She said: My son, do not be sad. Love is written for you. My son, he who dies for the religion of the beloved Has died a martyr.

Your cup is a terrifying world.
You life: travels and wars.
You will love often, my son.
You will adore all the women of the world,
And return as the king who has been conquered.

In your life, my son, there is a woman.
Her eyes – Praise be to Him who is worshipped!
Her mouth is drawn as bunches of grapes;
Her laughter is music and roses.
But your sky is full of rain and your path blocked.
For your heart’s beloved, my son,
Sleeps in a haunted castle.
The castle is large, my son.
It is guarded by dogs… and soldiers.

Your heart’s princess is sleeping.
He who enters her chamber is lost.
He who asks for her hand,
He who descends the walls of her garden,
Is lost.
He who attempts to unbraid her hair,
My son,
Is lost . . . lost.

I have looked and read often,
But never have I read a cup like yours.
I have never known, my son,
Sadness like yours.
It is your destiny ever to walk
In love, upon the edge of a dagger.
To remain lonely as the oysters
Sad as the willow
It is your destiny ever to remain
In the sea of love, without rescue,
To love millions of times,
And to return as the deposed king.

عبد الحليم حافظ - قارئة الفنجان

جَلَسَت والخوفُ بعينيها
تتأمَّلُ فنجاني المقلوب

قالت:
يا ولدي.. لا تَحزَن
فالحُبُّ عَليكَ هوَ المكتوب
يا ولدي،
قد ماتَ شهيداً
من ماتَ على دينِ المحبوب
فنجانك دنيا مرعبةٌ
وحياتُكَ أسفارٌ وحروب..
ستُحِبُّ كثيراً يا ولدي..
وتموتُ كثيراً يا ولدي
وستعشقُ كُلَّ نساءِ الأرض..
وتَرجِعُ كالملكِ المغلوب

بحياتك يا ولدي امرأةٌ
عيناها، سبحانَ المعبود
فمُها مرسومٌ كالعنقود
ضحكتُها موسيقى و ورود
لكنَّ سماءكَ ممطرةٌ..
وطريقكَ مسدودٌ.. مسدود
فحبيبةُ قلبكَ.. يا ولدي
نائمةٌ في قصرٍ مرصود
والقصرُ كبيرٌ يا ولدي
وكلابٌ تحرسُهُ.. وجنود
وأميرةُ قلبكَ نائمةٌ..
من يدخُلُ حُجرتها مفقود..
من يطلبُ يَدَها..
من يَدنو من سورِ حديقتها.. مفقود
من حاولَ فكَّ ضفائرها..
يا ولدي..
مفقودٌ.. مفقود

بصَّرتُ.. ونجَّمت كثيرا
لكنّي.. لم أقرأ أبداً
فنجاناً يشبهُ فنجانك
لم أعرف أبداً يا ولدي..
أحزاناً تشبهُ أحزانك
مقدُورُكَ.. أن تمشي أبداً
في الحُبِّ .. على حدِّ الخنجر
وتَظلَّ وحيداً كالأصداف
وتظلَّ حزيناً كالصفصاف
مقدوركَ أن تمضي أبداً..
في بحرِ الحُبِّ بغيرِ قُلوع
وتُحبُّ ملايينَ المَرَّاتِ...
وترجعُ كالملكِ المخلوع