Oum Kalsoum - All My Loveأم كلثوم - الحب كلهEl Hob Kollo

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Umm Kalthoum - All the Love All the love I loved was yours All my love And all my time I lived for you All my time

Darling tell the world with me
And tell every heart that's ever beaten
Oh world, my love
This life is nothing but love

Water me and fill me
And water me again
Water me again with your love
From you
From the light of my time
Water me, you who since the day I met you
I felt as if I was born again

Oh Soul of my heart, life of my days
Oh soul of my heart
Oh darling angel of my dreams
Oh soul of my heart
What was I before I saw you?
What was I?
And why was I even living, my darling?
Why?
I walked the road of my life, before you, in an endless night
No heart beside me to feel me, nor any beautiful specter
And when I saw you
The first time I saw you
I found myself drawn to you with all the desire in the world
And with all the love of the world I went to you and ran to you
I called I called on the world herself

The thirsty love thirsts in my heart calling for you
I get insomnia if I'm the least bit worried about you
You're the most beautiful of the angels (rough translation)
You are my soul and all my years and light of my life
My life, what am I to you
My love, I was born for you, solely for you
For you
And my heart lived on the touch of your affection
Solely your affection
Your affection
The days are beautiful
The dreams are beautiful
My life is beautiful
Oh so beautiful
Beautiful and fleeting
Beautiful my life
Oh the time
Oh long nights with beautiful dreams... with you
Oh the time
Oh nights that pass killing my hopes and leaving us ashes
What's in it if you forget two in love?
In love and living

Oh darling oh aroma of desire
My destiny from my nights of desire
What is this poetry you have in your eyes that made the most beautiful words jealous
What is the scent of this perfume of your hands
From the spring in your lips
From the nights in your eyes
From the flames in your cheeks
From the tenderness in your hand
My soul got lost on this journey and I was lost with it
Protect me from the sands of time, protect me
And hide me far from the prying eyes
About the great joy
My fear is that he won't take it nor will he leave me
My fear is that this great happiness will be taken from me

أم كلثوم - الحب كله

الحب كله حبيته فيك
الحب كله
وزماني كله انا عشتوا ليك
زماني كله
حبيبي قول للدنيا معايا
ولكل قلب بدقته حس
يا دنيا حبي وحبي وحبي
ده العمر هو الحب وبس
واسقيني واملئ
واسقيني تاني
اسقيني تاني من الحب
منك
من نور زماني
اسقيني ياللي من يوم ما شفتك
حسيت كأني اتخلقت تاني

روح قلبي يا حياة ايامي
يا روح قلبي
يا حبيبي يا ملاك احلامي احلامي
يا روح قلبي
انا كنت ايه قبل ما اشوفك
انا كنت ايه
وكنت عايش يا حبيبي ايامي ليه
ايامي ليه
طريق حياتي مشيته قبلك في ليل طويل
لا قلب جمبي يحس بيا ولا طيف جميل
ولما شفتك اول ما شفتك بكل شوق الدنيا لقيتني
مشدود اليك
وفي كل حب الدنيا انا جيتك وجريت عليك
ناديت ناديت عالدنيا فحالها
والكل قلبي بدقته حس
يا دنيا حبي وحبي وحبي
ده العمر هو الحب وبس

الهوى العطشان عطشان في قلبي بينده لك
يا ارق من النسمة واجمل من ملاك
انت روحي وكل عمري ونور حياتي
يا حياتي ايه انا بالنسبه لك
حبيبي ده انا مخلوق علشانك يا دوب علشانك
علشانك انت
وقلبي قلبي عاش على لمس حنانك يا دوب حنانك
حنانك انت
حلوة الايام حلوة
حلوة الأحلام حلوة
حلوة حياتي
حلوة يا سلام
حلوة بتمر قوام
حلوة ويا حياتي
يا زمان يا زمان يا زمان
يا ليالي طويلة احلامها جميلة .... معاك
يا زمان يا زمان يا زمان
ياليالي بتجري بتقتل اماني وتفوتنا رماد
فيها ايه لو تنسى اثنين في الحب
دايبين عايشين
عايشين نقول للدنيا بحالها
والكل قلبي بدقته حس
يا دنيا حبي وحبي وحبي
ده العمر هوه الحب وبس

يا حبيبي يا عبير الشوق يا حبيبي
يا نصيبي من ليالي الشوق يا حبيبي
شعر ايه ده الكلام اللي ف عنيك
خلا احلى كلام يغير
عطر ايه ده العبير اللي ف ايديك
بيقول ايديك هيا العبير
من الربيع اللي ف شفايفك
من الليالي اللي ف عنيك
من اللهيب اللي ف خدودك
من الحنان اللي ف ايديك
رحلة تاهت روحي فيها وتهت فيها
خبيني من الزمن خبيني
وبعيد عن عيونه داريني
عالفرحه الكبيره خوفي لا ياخدها ولا يخليني
خلينا نقول للدنيا فحالها
ولكل قلبي بدقته حس
يا دنيا حبي وحبي وحبي
ده العمر هوه الحب وبس

Farid al-Atrache - Love Meفريد الأطراش - حبيناHabeena

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This song is from the 1970s film Naghem fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي) starring Farid al-Atrache and this clip, I think, should be considered a piece of Lebanese cultural history. Pay attention to the fashion, and to the bald guy dancing with a plate a food after the first verse.

The user momentofserenity on youtube.com brings us this nice bit of trivia:

"This song was originally written for Georgina Rizk upon her winning Miss Universe Pageant in 1971. The lyrics started as "Georgina Georgina... Habbaynaki Hebbina" Yet, the Lebanese Radio station refused to broadcast it due to a law that forbade broadcasting songs on public figures at that time. Therefore, Farid El Atrache decided to change the lyrics into "Hebbina Hebbina... Habbaynaki Hebbina" and release the song in the film. The Lebanese Radio Station's loss is indeed Arabic Cinema's gain."

Probably for this reason you notice he is actually saying "love us" in the song, to rhyme with Georgina, but I've translated it in the first person for the sake of sounding nice in English.

Farid al-Atrache - Love Me Love me, love me, I love you so love me If I had not fallen in love with your eyes, I wouldn't have troubled myself and come here I've fallen in love, I've fallen And I've gotten lost on the path of love I've suffered so much, and I've followed you for so long

I swear I'm sacrificing my soul
It's not possible for me to reveal this secret
Wherever you want I'll go, take me wherever you want
Oh night, sing of love, it's just beginning

Let the lovers flirt and play hard to get
You beautiful girl, my love and my sleeplessness
This is love is public, and God has permitted it

I've loved you for so long, you flower on the branch of Lebanon
Be kind to the infatuated heart, be nice to me my pretty
I swear upon the songbird, my soul calls out your name
Be kind my gazelle of the valley and hold me in your heart

فريد الأطرش - حبينا

حبينا حبينا، حبيناكي حبينا
لو ما حبينا عيونك، لا تعذَّبنا ولا جينا
حبينا حبينا حبيناكي حبينا..

وقعنا بالحب وقعنا، وعا درب الهوى ضعنا
وياما وياما تلوَّعنا، وياما وراكي مشــينا
وحياتك منضحِّي الروح ومش ممكن بالسر نبوح
مطرح ما بدِّك منـروح، وين مـا بدِّك ودِّينــا

ياليل غني الحب بعده بأوَّلــه خلِّي الحبايب يتقلوا ويتدلَّلوا
يا حلوة الحلوين حبي وسهري ده الحب بين النـاس الله محلله
يا ليل
حبيناكي من زمان، يا زهرة على غصن البان
حنِّي عالقلب الولهان، ويا حلوة توصِّي فينـا

وحياة الطير الشادي روحي بإسمك بتنادي
حنِّي يا غزال الوادي وجوَّا قلبك خبِّينــا
حبينا حبينا حبيناكي حبينا

Lyrics transcription from here

Fairuz - Old Jerusalemفيروز - القدس العتيقةQuds al Atika

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This song is off of Fairuz's album entitled "Al Quds fi al Bal (القدس في البال)" or "Jerusalem in My Heart," which was released in 1971 a few years after the Arab armies had suffered a crushing defeat to Israel in 1967 and Israel occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. Fairuz is describing a scene of seeing Old Jerusalem, then envisioning what it must have been like before the Israelis came and took over many of the neighborhoods and uprooted many of the families.

Fairuz - Old Jerusalem I passed through the streets The streets of Old Jerusalem In front of the shops That remained of Palestine We talked about what had happened together And they gave me a vase They said to me this is a gift From the "waiting people"

And I walked the streets
The streets of Old Jerusalem
I stood at the doorways
We become companions
And their sad eyes of the city's energy
Take me and move me with the torment of feeling estranged

There was a land and there were hands building beneath the sun and the wind
And there were houses and windows
Blossoming, and there were children with books in their hands
And in one night rage flowed into the houses
And the black hands unhinged the doors
And the houses became ownerless
Between them and their houses barbed-wire fence
And fire and the black hands

I'm screaming in the streets
The streets of Old Jerusalem
Let the songs storm and rumble
O my voice continue to stir up a hurricane with these consciences
Now I know what happened to them
Perhaps my conscience will awaken

فيروز - القدس العتيقة

مريت بالشوارع
شوارع القدس العتيقة
قدام الدكاكين
البقيت من فلسطين
حكينا سوى الخبرية
وعطيوني مزهرية
قالوا لي هيدي هدية من الناس الناطرين

و مشيت بالشوارع
شوارع القدس العتيقة
اوقف عباب بواب
صارت و صرنا صحاب
وعينيهن الحزينة من طاقة المدينة
تاخدني و توديني بغربة العذاب
كان في أرض و كان في ايدين
عم بتعمر تحت الشمس و تحت الريح

و صار في بيوت و صار في شبابيك
عم بتزهر صار في ولاد و بايديهم في كتاب
بليل كلو ليل سال الحقد بفية البيوت
و الايدين السودا خلعت البواب
و صارت البيوت بلا صحاب
بينن و بين بيوتن فاصل الشوك
و النار و الايدين السودا

عم صرخ بالشوارع
شوارع القدس العتيقة
خلي الغنيي تصير عواصف و هدير
يا صوتي ضلك طاير زوبع بهالضماير

خبرهن عللي صاير بلكي بيوعى الضمير

Asmahan - Come My Darlingأسمهان - يا حبيبي تعالYa Habibi Taala

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To read more about Asmahan, see her bio here

Asmahan - Come My Darling My darling come follow me Look what's happened to me In your absence I'm sleepless and obligated to confide in your specter Who could equal you? I'm holding in my passion, and my passion is consuming me And I have no father or mother or uncle to complain to about the torment of your love

My soul, heart, body, mind and beauty are in the palm of your hand
I don't know what do you with you teasing me and rejecting me
Why should I hide my passion when it is consuming me?
I'll complain, cry and speak, and perhaps, my dear, your heart will soften

I send letters and write responses complaining to you, dnd it hurts
I've been silent, patient and satisfied with this state from the start
I'm holding in my passion, and my passion is consuming me
And I'd give you my life and soul for you, my family, everything I own
And you don't ask

أسمهان - يا حبيبي تعال

يا حبيبى تعالا الحقنى شوف اللى جرالي....من بعدك
سهرانه من واجبى باناجى خيالك ... مين قدك
و انا كاتمة غرامى، و غرامى هالكنى
و لا عندى لا أب و لا أم و لا عم أشكيلة ... نار حبك

روحى و قلبى و جسمى و عقلى و جمالى ... فى يدك
محتارة اعملك اية فى دلالك ... و ف_صدك
لية هاخبى غرامى ... و غرامى هالكنى
لأشكى و أبكى و أحكى بلك يا غزالى ... يلين قلبك

يا حبيبى تعالا الحقنى شوف اللى جرالي....من بعدك
سهرانه من واجبى باناجى خيالك ... مين قدك
و انا كاتمة غرامى، و غرامى هالكنى
و لا عندى لا أب و لا أم و لا عم أشكيلة ... نار حبك

أبعت مراسيل و اكتب جوابات اشكيلك ... و اتألم
ساكتة و صابرة و راضية بأحوالك ... م_الأول
و انا كاتمة غرامى ... و غرامى هالكنى
وافديك بحياتى و روحى و اهلى و مالى ... و لا تسألش

روحى و قلبى و جسمى و عقلى و جمالى ... فى يدك
محتارة اعملك اية فى دلالك ... و ف_صدك
لية هاخبى غرامى ... و غرامى هالكنى
لأشكى و أبكى و أحكى بلك يا غزالى ... يلين قلبك

يا حبيبى تعالا الحقنى شوف اللى جرالي....من بعدك
سهرانه من واجبى باناجى خيالك ... مين قدك
و انا كاتمة غرامى، و غرامى هالكنى
و لا عندى لا أب و لا أم و لا عم أشكيلة ... نار حبك

Nawal al-Zoghbi - Strange Way of Thinkingنوال الزغبي - غريب الراي

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I apologize for the video, you'll have to skip through the interview at the beginning to get to the song. It's the writer of the song, and he's talking about how Nawal wanted to make a song in the Gulf dialect and he wrote it etc.

Nawal al-Zoghbi - Strange Way of Thinking You are the cause of my misfortunes, my confusion and my misery Love is for you alone And you have a strange way of thinking

You made me live in confusion
And with worry and jelousy
You hurt my feelings, try being faithful with me

You lighted a fire in me
And you never cared
Have mercy if for once
And win, my darling, my satisfaction

Where has loyalty gone?
Its address is lost
Your injustice to me was enough to mess up my world

Oh the confusion of my eyes
The color of sadness is my color
My wounds are from you
My estrangement and my misfortune

My love, help me
Make a pact with me to love
Who do I complain to besides you?
You're my only wish and desire

نوال الزغبي - غريب الراي

إنت سبب بلواي يا حيرتي وشكواي
الحب ليك وحدك
وانت غريب الراي

عيشتني بحيرة
وبهم وبغيرة
يا جارح احساسي
عيش الوفا وياي

أشعلت بي ناري
وانت ولا داري
ارحم ولو مرة
واكسب حبيبي رضاي

وين الوفا وينه
ضاعت عناوينه
يكفيني من ظلمك
ضاقت علي دنياي

يا حيرة عيوني
لون الحزن لوني
جرحي أنا منك
يا غربتي وبلواي

يا خلي ساعدني
بالحب عاهدني
مين غيرك اشكي له
يا غايتي ومناي

Joseph Saqer - The Busجوزيف صقر - البوسطةEl Bosta

This song is taken from one of the plays of Ziad Rahbani entitled "Nazl El Surour" or "Happy Inn" and is performed by Joseph Saqr. This song is hugely famous in Lebanon and Syria and was later performed by Fairuz. For that version click here.

Tannourine is where the cedar tree reserve is found in Lebanon, one of the few places where you can still find old Lebanese cedars growing.

Joseph Saqr - The Bus Upon the rumble of the bus that was carrying us from the village of Hamlaya to the village of Tannourine I remembered you, oh Aaliyah, and I remember your eyes God damn your eyes are so pretty Aaliyah

We were riding the bus in this heat and dying of exhaustion
One guy's eating lettuce, another guy's eating figs
And there's another guy with his wife
Wow, his wife is so ugly
Lucky them, their minds are completely empty, the Tannourine passengers
They don't know your eyes, Aaliyah
They're so beautiful

We were riding the bus, riding without paying
Sometimes we shut up the door for the driver
Sometimes we shut up the passengers
That guy who's hear with his wife, he's turning red and his wife got dizzy
I swear he'd let her get out by herself at Tannourine if he saw your eyes, oh Aaliyah
They're so beautiful

جوزيف صقر - البوسطة

موعود بعيونك أنا موعود
وشو قطعت كرمالن ضيع وجرود
فأنت عيونك سود
مانك عارفة شو بيعملوا فيي

عهدير البوسطة اللي كانت ناقلتنا
في ضيعة حملايا على ضيعة تنّورين
تذكرتك يا عليا
وتذكرت عيونك
يخرب بيت عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين

نحنا كنا طالعين
بهشوب وفطسانين
واحد عمياكل خس
وواحد عم ياكل تين
وفي واحد هو ومرتو
ولو شو بشعة مرتو
نيالن ما أفضا بالن
ركاب تنورين
ومش عارفين
عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين

نحنا كنا طالعين
طالعين ومش دافعين
ساعى نهديلو البال
ساعة نهدي الركاب
هيدا اللي هو ومرتو
عباء وداخت مرتو
وحياتك كان يتركها
تطلع وحدها عا تنورين
لو بيشوفو عيونك يا عليا
شــــو حلويــن

Darine - Yeahدارين - ايوهAiwa

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Darine is Lebanese-Swedish.

Darine - Yeah Yeah yeah sing with me Come on come on sing with me Yeah yeah sing with me Come on come on sing with me

Where do I wanna go
I don't want anything but peace and quiet
You're calling me all day
Waiting by the phone
There's nothing better than this life
There isn't any information
I remember every day
I was once young

Don't let anyone be upset
Have a good time, we're all human
Descend upon the sea of desire
Go ahead forget your troubles
We'll dance to music
Sing with me cmon
Let me show you
There is no more beautiful sun-color

Shake shake one two
Shake shake one two
Left right one two
Left right one two
Up down tanananana
Up down tanananana

دارين - ايوه

ايوة ايوة غنوا معى
هلا هلا غنوا معى
ايوة ايوة غنوا معى
هلا هلا غنوا معى

وين انا بدى اروح
ما بدى شىء بس هدوء
كلمونى كل يوم
استنوا على التليفون
ما فى احلى من الحياة
ما فى اى معلومات
اتذكر كل الايام
كنت صغيرة لما كان

متخلي حدا زعلان
انبسطوا كلنا انسان
نزل على بحر الشوق
تعوا انسوا كلتكم
نرقص على موزيكا
غنوا معى هلا
خلينى فرجيكن
مافى احلى شمس اللون

هزوا هزوا واحد اتنين
هزوا هزوا واحد اتنين
شمال يمين واحد اتنين
شمال يمين واحد اتنين
فوق وتحت تانانانا
فوق وتحت تانانانا

Bashar al-Shaty - Try to Understandبشار الشطي - خليك فاهمKhaleek Fahim

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Bashar al-Shaty - Try to Understand Try to understand I don't understand You spoke of me like this On myself and the Lord almight I never could have imagined this You hurt me with your words And I live for you and your dreams Fine someday you'll soon see You'll really regret everything you said You think that you can force me I feel like leaving you just for a little If you're conceited, of course that's your right Of course you've sufferd alot, my darling And you dream of me You said that I was following your shadow while you're forgetting me After all this, you come to me so innocently I didn't force you nor did I come to you God have mercy When you see the world through my eyes

بشار الشطي - خليك فاهم

خليك فاهم أنا مش فاهم
إن أنت قلت علي كده
أنا عن نفسي وربي العالم
عمر ما كنت اتصور ده
إنت جرح بيا كلامك
وأنا عايش ليك ولأحلامك
طيب بكره تشوف قريب
تندم أوي على كل كلامك
أنت مفكر أنك تقدر تيجي عليا
ده أنا بمزاجي بسيبك بس شويه
شايف نفسك طبعا حقك
منت تعبت كتير يا حبيبي
وإنت بتحلم بيا
قلت علي مسابق ظلك وانت ناسيني
بعد ده كله بكل براءه تاني تجيني
أنا لا غصبتك ولا يوم جيت لك
الله يرحم لما زمان شفت الدنيا بعيني

Zeki Nasif - The Beautiful Lady is Asking About My Heartزكي ناصيف - تسألني الحسناء عن قلبيTas'aluni Il Hasnaa' 3an Qalbi

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Zeki Nasif - The Beautiful Lady is Asking About My Heart The beautiful lady is asking me about my heart And my eyes don't know what to tell her

The beautiful lady is asking me about my heart
And oh how my lips long to whisper "I love her"
And the question is absent in the calm of night (meaning when I am alone and she is not there to ask)
Then the answer flows out in rapturous song to us

The beautiful lady is asking me about the dreams of my youth
Does her heart not answer?

زكي ناصيف – تسألني الحسناء عن قلبي

تسألني الحسناء عن قلبي فلا تدري مقلتاي ماذا تقولان لها

تسألني الحسناء عن قلبي
فكم تصبو شفتاي لتهمسا أحبها
ويغيب السؤال في هدأة الليل
فينساب الجواب أغنيات هازجات لنا الشباب

تسألني الحسناء عن قلبي وعن أحلام صبايا
هل لا يجيب قلبها

Wael Kfoury - How Can I Forgive Her?وائل كفوري - كيف بدي سامحهKeef Biddi Samho

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Wael Kfoury - How Can I Forgive Her? How can I forgive her? How can I make good with her? She left my heart like a bird with broken wings How can I love her again when my heart is broken? How can I be with her after what I've suffered?

I'm sleepless at night waiting by myself
She left my heart like a bird with broken wings

After what she has done to me who can I blame?
She's going to say that I'm wrong and she's the victim
She's so selfish that she dissolved my affection for her
She left my heart like a bird with broken wings

وائل كفوري - كيف بدي سامحه

كيف بدي سامحه
كيف بدي صالحه
ترك قلبي مثل الطير
الي مكسوره جوانحه

كيف بدي ارجع حبه
و أنا قلبي داب
كيف بدي اعيش بقربه
بعد العذاب

سهران الليالي
عم بنطر لحالي
ترك قلبي مثل الطير
الي مكسوره جوانحه

بعد الي عمله فيا
من بدي لوم
رايح عم يحكي عليا
انه مظلوم

قدما أنو أناني
دوبلي حناني
ترك قلبي مثل الطير
الي مكسوره جوانحه

Ali El Aisawy - A Scorpion Stung Me in My Chestعلي العيساوي - عقرب بصدري لسعنيAqrab Bisadri Lisaani

For me, this was a really difficult song, and if anyone has any additional information on it, that would be greatly appreciated. As far as I can tell, it is based on an old Arabic folk song native to either Syria or the wider area of Sham that includes Iraq as well. This version sung by Ali El Aisawy is adapted for an Iraqi audience.

As to the story of behind the song, I don't know. But from the words, it seems like there is a guy who is down on his luck out in the desert or in the country, maybe with his family or relatives, and they are making him doing work and not letting him hang out with girls. Any of your guesses would be as good as mine though.

Ali El Aisawy - A Scorpion Stung Me in My Chest A scorpion stung me in my chest, oh woe is me How do the stung sleep? I'm afraid my nemesis will hear me, oh woe is me, and put out my candles with his hands (i translated "3aadhil" as nemesis cuz it's a person who is jealous and hates you and wants you to fail so he can enjoy it)

They made me carry wood and sent me out with their sheep
They didn't let me stay up late and hanging out with the girls

God build you (make you live long, same word) oh Baghdad
Building on top of building
With pretty girls dressed in gowns (these gowns of course are those full body black gowns)

Stung oh I'm stung
I'm stung my friend and there's a fire in my side
I didn't close my eyes but my tears are falling

علي العيساوي - عقرب بصدري

عقرب بصدري لسعني يا ويلي
شلون ينام الملسوعي
خوفي العاذل يسمعني يا ويلي
وبايديه يطفي لي شموعي

وحملوني العصايا سرحوني بغنمهم
حرموني من سهر الليل ومعاشرة الصبايا

الله يعمرك يا بغداد بناية فوق بناية
بيك بنات حلوات ملبسات العبايا

ملسوع انا ملسوع
ملسوع يا صاحبي والنار بضلوعي
ما غمضت بس تنزل دموعي

Nancy Ajram - Say it Againنانسي عجرم - قول تاني كدهOul Tani Keda

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Nancy Ajram - Say it Again Say it again Who do you mean, me? Our love, our passion Is that what you're talking about

Oh you forget our love and take with you our nights, our years, and our lives
It's me who was faithful to you, fell in love and adored you
Our love was lost by your hands

What kind of lover are you?
Is this your love?
Wake up
Do you think that with one word from you
That's it I'll forgive you and I'll forget right away?

For passion, it's still early for you
And I'll never think of you again
I was by your side and your heart left me
Looks like your love was just talk

نانسي عجرم - قول تاني كده

قول تاني كده
مين تقصد انا؟
حبنا عشقنا
هو انت بتتكلم عننا

ياناسي هواك وواخد معاك ليالي وسنين عمرنا
ده انا اللي اشتريت ودوبت وهويت
وضاع من ايديك حبنا

انت مين ف الهوي وفي الشوق
هو انت حبك ده ايه
ماتفوق
ولا انت فكرك بكلمه منك
خلاص حسامحك وحنسي قوام

في الغرام لسه بدري عليك
ولاعمري تاني حفكر فيك
ده انا كنت جنبك وسابني قلبك
اتاري حبك كلام في كلام

Hisham Abbas - Call Me Crazyهشام عباس - قل عليّ مجنونOul Alaya Magnoon

Updated media and lyrics

There used to be this creepy video of Hisham Abbas stalking a girl but it's no longer on youtube.com. Luckily, somebody made this video using clips from a Korean drama...

Hisham Abbas - Call Me Crazy I'm behind you No matter how long it takes I won't give up on you Impossible

Call me crazy
Call me delusional
Mark my words, in the end you'll feel for me someday

You'll tell me get out of here
I won't go
You'll bring some one to tell me to go away
I won't go
I don't sleep and I can't control it
If I was without your love, I don't know how I'd live

Be stubborn but eventually you're going to miss me
There are some things that can't enter my mind
This you can't get away
It's clear to me that's completely impossible
Why would someone do all this?
If they didn't love me?

هشام عباس - قل عليّ مجنون

وراءك أنا والزمن طويل
أنا مش حسيبك
مستحيــــــل

قول عليا مجنون
قول عليا موهوم
خدها كلمة مني ومن الآخر
حتحن في يوم

حتقولي امش
مش حمشي
حتجبلي حد يقولي امش ما مشيش
أنا غصب عني ما بنامش
وبقيت خلاص من غير هواك
مش عارف أعيش

اعند وبرضه حتشتقلي
في حاجات لايمكن تتدخل عقلي
دي ماتقيش
ما هو مستحيل متهيئلي
حد تعملوا ده كلوا ليــه
ما يحبنيش

Hisham Abbas - Oul Alaya

Warak
ana wel zaman taweel
ana msh hasebak
mosta7eel

2ol 3alaia magnoon
2ol 3alaia mawhoom
7'odha kelma meny
w mel a7'er hat7en f youm

2ol 3alaia magnoon
2ol 3alaia mawhoom
7'odha kelma meny
w mel a7'er hat7en f youm

hat2oly emsh mesh hamshy
hatgebly 7ad y2oly emshy
mabamshesh
ana 3'asb 3any mabanmshy
w ba2et 7'alas mn 3'eir hawak
mesh 3aref a3esh

2ol 3alaia magnoon
2ol 3alaia mawhoom
7'odha kelma meny
w mel a7'er hat7en f youm

E3ned w bardo hateshta2ly
di 7agat la youmken ted7'ol 3a2ly
di matgesh
maho mosta7el bethaya2ly
7ad et3amalo da kolo
leih may7ebenesh

2ol 3alaia magnoon
2ol 3alaia mawhoom
7'odha kelma meny
w mel a7'er hat7en f youm

2ol 3alaia magnoon
2ol 3alaia mawhoom
7'odha kelma meny
w mel a7'er hat7en f youm

hat2oly emsh mesh hamshy
hatgebly 7ad y2oly emshy
mabamshesh
ana 3'asb 3any mabanmshy
w ba2et 7'alas mn 3'eir hawak
mesh 3aref a3esh

2ol 3alaia magnoon
2ol 3alaia mawhoom
7'odha kelma meny
w mel a7'er hat7en f youm
5x

Lyrics transcription from Golden Arabic Lyrics

Ilham al-Madfai - Like a Raindropإلهام المدفعي - كقطرة المطرQatrat al Matar

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This is a poem in standard Arabic performed by Iraqi musician Ilham al-Madfai.

Ilham al-Madfai - Like a Raindrop Like a raindrop I was alone darling Alone, my darling Like a raindrop

Don't be sad
Tomorrow I will buy you the moon and a morning star
And a garden of flowers

Tomorrow, if I return from my journey
Tomorrow, if leaves sprout in my ribs of stone
But today I'm alone my darling
Alone my darling like a raindrop

إلهام المدفعي - قطرة المطر

كقطرة المطر كنت وحيدا ياحبيبتي
وحيدا ياحبيبتي كقطرة المطر

لاتحزني
سأشتري غدا لك القمر ونجمة الضحى
وبستانا من الزهر

غدا إذا عدت من السفر
غدا إذا أورق في ضلوعي الحجر
ولكنني اليوم وحيدا ياحبيبتي
وحيدا ياحبيبتي كقطرة المطر

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

Joanna Malah - Lebanon My Lebanonجوانا ملاح - لبنان يا لبنانLubnan Ya Lubnan

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This is one of the nationalist songs that came out during the 2006 Israeli offensive on Lebanon.

المتصفح الذي لديك لايدعم مشغل الأغاني. دبر حالك و روح نزل البرنامج أو .<A HREF="http://www.6rbtop.com/download.php?song_id=31083&type=au&q=hi">اضغط هنا</A> لسماع الأغنية.

Joanna Malah - Lebanon My Lebanon Lebanon my Lebanon The enemies ask are we going to die or give up We say death is more beautiful

The wounded scream
There is no one to hear them
And before the fire of the wind
The wound widens
The whole world has closed its eyes forgetting that here there is a people that will not bow down

Land of glory and laurel
My land of Lebanon
They sowed fire along your paths and crying eyes
Tomorrow victory will appear
The determination of the people's hands is used to building

جوانا ملاح - لبنان يا لبنان

لبنان يا لبنان
عم يسأل العدوان منموت او ننهان
قلنا الموت احلى

مجروح عم بتصيح
ما في حدا يسمع
وادام نار الريح
صار الجرح اوسع
غمض عيونو الكون نسيان
انو هون في شعب ما بيركع

ارض المجد والغار
يا ارض لبناني
زرعو دروبك نار
وعيون بكياني
بكرة النصر بيطل
همت ايدين الكل
تتعود عمراني

Sabah Fakhri - Under Her Howdah (Woe is Me) صباح فخري - تحت هودجها يا ويل حاليTahj Hawdajha (Ya Wel Hali)

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This is a song from the folklore of Syria. A howdah is a large saddle for a camel or elephant that has a carriage to protect the passenger (see photo). I don't actually know the story of the song, but it seems like a girl was kidnapped while riding on a camel. As to the specifics, in Syrian and Turkish folk songs, Ottoman soldiers kidnapping women is a theme that comes up from time to time, and that would be my guess as to the idea of the song. This main verse is the core of the song but of course there are usually additional verses that vary. Anyone who happens to have additional information that would be greatly appreciated.

Sabah Fakhri - Under Her Howdah Under her howdah While we fought Swords were drawn Oh woe is me Oh woe is me They took my love and went north They went afar, went afar How can I fly when I have no wings

صباح فخري - تحت هودجها(يا ويل حالي)

تحت هودجها
وتعالجنا
صار سحب سيوف
ياويل حالي
ياويل .... ياويل حالي
أخذو حبي وراحو شمالي
راحوا لبعيد .... لبعيد راحوا
كيف بدي أطير وجناح مالي
ياويلي ... ياويل حالي