Joseph Saqer - It's a Bad Situationجوزيف صقر - الحالة تعبانةEl Hale Taabane

Joseph Saqr - It's a Bad Situation It's a bad situation Layla Looks like the engagement's off You're rich, Layla and we're broke You're in a valley, and we're in another valley And every moment we're more apart The floor of our house doesn't even have a carpet And you're used to walking on feathers (ie something really fancy)

They confused you, they messed with your head
They kept at it until they changed you
They put a royal crown on your head
And you forget those who wear the Fezzes (the people who wear Fezzes or the Tarboush in Lebanon and Syria are the people who live a rural life in the mountains, ie not rich)

Oh I remember when we used to go to see you and you used to come see us
It seems that it's hard for he who has lived in happiness beside you to go back to living by himself

جوزيف صقر وزياد رحباني - الحالة تعبانة

الحالة تعبانة يا ليلى
خطبة ما فيش
انت غنية يا ليلى
ونحنا دراويش

انت بوادي ونحنا بوادي
وكل لحظة بعدنا زيادة
الارض اللي عندنا بلا سجادة
وانت معودة تمشي عالريش

الحالة تعبانة يا ليلى
خطبة ما فيش
انت غنية يا ليلى
ونحنا دراويش

احتاروا فيكي وحيروكي
ضلوا حتى غيروكي
لبسوك تاج ملوكي
ونسيتي اهل الطرابيش

الحالة تعبانة يا ليلى
خطبة ما فيش
انت غنية يا ليلى
ونحنا دراويش

اس الله لمن كنت وكنا
نجي لعندك وتجي لعنا
تاري اللي عاش حدك وتهنى
صعبة يرجع وحده يعيش

الحالة تعبانة يا ليلى
خطبة ما فيش
انت غنية يا ليلى
ونحنا دراويش
خطبة ما فيش ااااه خطبة ما فيش

Lyrics transcription from here

Joseph Saqer - Living All By Herself Without Youجوزيف صقر - عايشة وحدها بلاكAyshe Wahda Balak

This is a legendary song from the play "Bil nisba lebukra shou (بالنسبة لبكرا شو)" composed by Ziad Rahbani and performed by Joseph Saqr. The video isn't, but the audio file I've provided is the original performed by Joseph Saqr.

Joseph Saqr - Living All By Herself Without You Living all by herself without you And without your love, my boy Quit talking about your love for her The whole country is laughing at you

You love her? Yeah, you love her
But she couldn't care less about you

Living all by herself without you
Disgusted by God and your heaven
What has God afflicted you with my boy?

Living by herself and comfortable
Seriously, soooo comfortable without you
She has killer eyes, it makes no difference if you care about her
She said to you "melt me with your love" and you melted and she didn't
It's not the first time, before that it's happened 100 times
They can't figure out what you're thinking, nor do they know what will cure you

You're telling me it's a sign that her eyes are always pointed at you
Whenever she comes through the neighborhood I see her looking at everyone
Quit analyzing your life, hand over those analyses of yours
From one time to the next you're going backwards
The children of our neighborhood never knew how to love, except you

جوزيف صقر وزياد رحباني - عايشة وحدا بلاك

عايشة وحدها بلاك
وبلا حبك يا ولد
حاج تحكي عن هواك
ضحكت عليك البلد

بتحبها أيه بتحبها
لاكن هي فيك ياما بلاك

عايشة وحدها بلاك
وعايفة الله وسماك
شو الله بلاك ياولد

عايشة وحدها و مرتاحة ولو شو مرتاحة بلاك
يا أبو العيون الدباحة مش فارق معها حنان
قالتلك
دوبني دوب دبت وهيى مدابت مش اول مرة قبلها مئة مرة
لا قدروا فهمو عئلاتك ولا قدروا عرفو دواك

قايللي في إشارة بعيونها صوبك بتدل
كل ما بتمرق بالحارة بشوفها تطلع بالكل
حاجي تحلل بحياتك تسلملي تحليلاتك
من مرة لمرة عم ترجع لورا
ولاد الحارة كلون أبداً عرفوا حبوا من عداك

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