A really old Samira Said song with some really good synthesizer guitar
Samira Said - A Night
A night my darling My darling Just a night If you come you'll see my life is yours A night darling A night Come to me one night A night
My soul and my years yearn for you And no more sadness and no more wounds You embrace my time when I am in your arms Return my precious I miss you Throughout the nights I call you Don't be gone again I need you Stay, because my soul is in you A night my darling Stay with me A night my darling Without end A night my darling Inside of me is a neverending desire I can't live without your love Why have the nights taken you so far? When you my precious are my only love A night my darling Stay with me A night my darling Without end A night my darling
سميرة سعيد - ليلة حبيبي
ليله يا حبيبي يا حبيبي بس ليله ليله لو تجيني حتلاقيني عمري ليك ليله حبيبي ليله ليله تجيني ليله روحي وسنيني مشتاقة ليك ولاحزن تاني ولا جرح تاني تحضن زماني وانا بين اديك ارجع ياغالي مشتاقة ليك طول الليالي بنده عليك ماتغبش تاني محتاجه ليك خليك عشان انا روحي فيك ليله حبيبي خليك معايا ليله حبيبي مالهاش نهايه ليله حبيبي جوايا شوق مابينتهيش من غير هواك مش قادره اعيش ليه الليالي وخداك بعيد وانت ياغالي حبي الوحيد ليله حبيبي خليك معايا ليله حبيبي مالهاش نهايه ليله حبيبي
This song was obviously made during the Latin music craze that brought us Ricky Martin. Nawal's videos tend to emulate whatever is en vogue in pop like that.
Nawal al-Zoghbi - All My Life
All my life I dream, my precious You are the dream of my nights From a glance I changed myself And my heart and my soul are with you I swear to God My life... So long as I'm with you my heart will be full of joy And my eyes...Even if you're far will see you I swear to God I loved you at first sight
Reassure me, be with me You are the most beautiful story Our love is without end Cmon, let's forget that which has past together
نوال الزغبي - طول عمري
طول عمري بحلم ياغالي إن انت حلم الليالي من نظرة غيرت حالي و قلبي و روحي معاك و الله حياتي.. طول مانا وياك ليلاتي.. فرح قلبي معاك و عيني.. لو بعيد شايفاك عشقتك والله من طلة
طمني خليك معايا يالي انت أجمل حكاية ده هوانا من غير نهاية ويلا تعالا ننسى اللي فات يلا
They've always said it Go ahead let em say it That our love is like this and our love is like that And we've spread our passion everywhere Let em repeat it More and more This is this is what I feel and what I'm going through My love, you guys, is better than a dream
Get close to my heart that's always sang for you That dreams of being with you And keeps on hoping
My soul my life I'm melting in your love You and me are one I'm part of you And my love is yours
It's hell for me to wait like this, my darling, when I have this in my heart My feelings could fill this entire world Come see me Missing you has melted me and tortured me And I'm still just as confused
نوال الزغبي - ياما قالوا
ياما قالوا ما يقولوا حبينا كده وهوينا كده و ملينا الدنيا غرام في غرام ما يعيدوا و يزيدوا ده اللي انا حاساه و اللي انا عيشاه في الحب يا ناس ولافي الاحلام
قرب من قلبي اللي عشانك ياما غنى و غنى و بيحلم بلقاك يا حبيبي و لسه بيتمنى
روحي انا عمري انا انا دايبة في حبك و هواك ده انت انا اه يا انا انا منك وهوايا هواك
على ناري يا حبيبي بستنى كده و في قلبي كده أشواق تملى الدنيا بحالها ح تجيني تلاقيني الشوق دوب فيا و عذب و الحيرة بتفظل على حالها
Sounds like a love song, but in the video its all about him and his kid.
Wael Kfoury - Get Close to Me
Darling get close to me So my arms can hold you You know how much I love you And how precious you are to me
Darling may you be by my side I want nothing but your eyes I'm afraid of being my myself If you're away from me for a little
How I love you when you speak While you draw a smile on your lips How I love you when you cry and complain When I'm holding you with me Darling you are the most wonderful person My life is more wonderful with you Your aroma your charm Your voice your image Have become part of me, inside me
Oh sweetheart reassure me that you won't leave me You are my love and the trembling of my heart And you are the light of my eyes Oh darling you are precious You are the moon of the nights Stay beside me and put my mind at ease And hold me tenderly
وائل كفوري - قرب ليا
يا حبيبي قرب ليّ تضمك بايدي انت بتعرف انا شو بحبك وقديش غالي عليّ
حبيبي خليك حدي غير عيونك ما بدي بخاف الوحدة ابقى لوحدي لو بتغيب شويه
This is little Nancy's first big song when she was fifteen or something. The video starts with a group of very young girls trying to avoid the gaze of what appears to be the sight of a sniper rifle (we're later relieved to find that in fact it is just a creepy guy watching Nancy on a security camera). Although she initially tries to shake the lurid gaze, she finally succumbs and says "Look at me, I wanna sing." And a star was born
Nancy Ajram - Take Your Eyes Off Me
Take your eyes off me Leave me along I wanna sing My heart is still little You're confusing me One glance from you drives me crazy One glance from you drives me crazy Oh... drives me crazy
Your glances are not calm They want, but you don't know what you want Tell them they better not cross the line Tell them they better not cross the line Get away from me, I wanna sing Get away from me, I wanna sing Oh... I wanna sing
Your eyes' glances are dangerous And the most dangerous thing is they're beautiful They cast their spell on me years ago They cast their spell on me years ago Look at me, I wanna sing Look at me, I wanna sing Oh... I wanna sing
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
Make me forget the world Make me forget the world Melt me darling And make me tell you the most beautiful things If there were thousand worlds If there were thousand worlds It wouldn't be possible for me to find a love like this
If I tell you I love you The word love would be nothing compared to how I feel for you If I'm away from you for a second I return to, longing for your eyes Hold me, stay here with me Cmon let's live the most beautiful days
It was the most beautiful day in my life The day I met you, my life I can't go on without you Without even thinking I was melting in your love You took me from everyone I felt the most beautiful feelings And I forgot the world with you darling Ah
I carry you inside me And this world as my witness I'm by your side and I love you I could never forget you darling I hope the years go on And I stay loving you all the way Oh how I've dreamed to be with you Ah
راغب علامة - نسيني الدنيا
نسيني الدنيا نسيني العالم دوبني حبيبي وسبني اقولك احلي كلام لو الف الدنيا لو الف العالم مش ممكن زي غرامك انت الاقي غرام
لو اقولك اني بحبك الحب شوية عليك لو ثانية انا ببعد عنك برجع مشتاق لعنيك ضمني خليك وياية دوبني ودوب في هواية تعال نعيش اجمل ايام
كان اجمل يوم في حياتي يوم ماقابلتك ياحياتي ماقدرتش اتحمل من غيرك ماافكر لحظة لقيتني بدوب في هواك خدتني من كل الناس عشت في اجمل احساس ونسيت ياحبيبي الدنيا معاك آه ه ه ه
انا شايلك جوه عنيّه والدنيا دي شاهده عليّه انا جنبك وبحبك مش ممكن اقدر انا يا حبيبي انساك بتمني العمر يطول وافضل احبك علي طول ده انا ياما حلمت اكون وياك آه ه ه ه
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
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
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
Ragheb Alama is a Lebanese singer. This is one of the most famous songs he's put out since his renaissance.
Ragheb Alama - My Great Love
You are my great love The first and last No one but you my darling My heart is captive to your love
I adore the light of your eyes Adoring its passion and magic My soul is in your hands And my life is your property
I love you so much
So often I've been sleepless at night With you on my mind and imagination As I hope for a glance from you And wait for a word from you Your love, my darling, taught me the beautiful meaning of patience
Ask my heart and my eyes They will tell you about me I can't live apart from you And I don't have anything in the world apart from you It's impossible darling For my heart to soften towards anyone but you
راغب علامة - الحب الكبير
انت الحب الكبير الاول و الاخير و لا غيرك يا حبيبي قلبي لهواه أسير
انا عاشق نور عينيك عاشق غرامها و سحرها انا روحي ما بين ايديك و حياتي انت ملكتها
بحبك كتيييير
ياما سهرت الليالي و انت فبالي و خيالي
و بتمني نظره منك بستنى كلمة منك علمني هواك يا غالي معنى الصبر الجميل
انا عاشق نور عينيك عاشق غرامها و سحرها انا روحي ما بين ايديك و حياتي انت ملكتها
اسأل قلبي و عيني يقولولك علي بيا
مقدرش اعيش في بعدك و ما ليش في الدنيا بعدك مش ممكن يا حبيبي قلبي لغيرك يلين
This video is pretty interesting, although not entirely exceptional in Lebanon. It depicts rural Lebanese (Christian) life as imagined and romanticized, with its subjects picking grapes and smashing them to make wine.
Carol Samaha - Precious to Me
From the first moment we met There is something strange It changed my life and sweetened my days My eyes no longer see anyone but you before me Suddenly that which I felt was too much for me to handle And what I had dreamed for so long came true
You're precious to me Hold me close and look into my eyes I no longer can live a minute without you Precious to me, precious to me
Come closer to me Don't deny me your love Care for me Protect me and bring me closer to you Get close to me, get close to me
I never imagined in my life that there was a person Whomever he be Able to keep me up at night with a single word And that when he was away his voice would remain in my head Suddenly that which I felt was too much for me to handle And what I had dreamed for so long came true
كارول سماحة - غالي عليّ
من أول ما تلاقينا أنا وياك في شي غريب غير عمري وصار يحلي أيامي ما عاد عيوني يشوفو غيرك إدامي فجأة يللي حسيته أكبر من اللي لاقيته وتحقق يللي حلمته من زمان
غالي علي غمرني وخدني لعيونك ما عاد فيي عيش دقيقة من دونك غالي عليي غالي عليي
قرب لي لا تحرمني من حبك خاف عليي احميني واتركني بقربك قرب ليي قرب ليي
ما تصورت بحياتي في انسان لو مين ماكان تقدر كلمة منه تسهرني ليالي ولما يبعد يبقى صوته ببالي فجأة يللي حسيته أكبر من اللي لاقيته وتحقق يللي حلمته من زمان
Carol Samaha is a Lebanese pop singer. See below for random inexplicably inserted vocab words that are indicative of the Lebanese dialect present in this song.
Carol Samaha - Look at Me
Look at me, like this Those are not your eyes These are not your caresses my darling Nor are they your hands There's something missing I feel like you're a stranger Like I've lost you, lost you By my side while I search for you
What changed you? That child, where is he? What is it that made you grow up Who is the reason? Where is the love that was as big as the world and couldn't be beaten
Either put me back Or take me Or take me
You colored your eyes And drew on your lips In order to tell me it's still love And that you're still the you that you were
You lie to yourself maybe But you're not going to be able to lie to my heart I know who you are You aren't the love nor the thirst that I quenched (i.e. as he once way) Nor are you the love that resides in my heart
You resemble someone else And you are an echo of your voice But you can't resemble yourself my love
كارول سماحة - اتطلع فيي
اتطلع فيي هيك هودي مش عينيك هيدي مش لمساتك يا حبيبي ومش ايديك في شي عم بيغيب انا عم حسك غريب ضايع مني ضايع حدي وعم دور عليك
شو اللي غيرك هاك الطفل وينه شو ياللي كبرك مين السبب وين الهوا اللي قد الدني وما بينغلب
يا تردني من حالي ياما تاخذني ليك ياما تاخذني ليك
لونت عيونك ورسمت شفافك تتقلي بعده الحب بعدك انت اللي كنت تكذب على حالك يمكن لكن على قلبي مش راح تقدر تكذب لا انا بعرف مينك انت
مش انت الهوا ولا عطش اللي مني ارتوى ولا انت الحب الساكن بقلبي عم تشبه حدا ولصوتك انت صدى ولا قادر تشبه حالك يا حبي
Lebanese dialectical vocab:
انظر إليّ = اتطلع فيّ كذا = هيك هذه = هودي هؤلاء = هيدي ليس = مش يغيب = عم بيغيب شيء = شي أشعر بأنك = انا عم حسك بجابي = حدي أبحث = عم دور على ماذا = شو الذي = اللي ذلك = هاك أين = وين مَن = مين ما زال = بعده ما زلتَ = بعدك سوف = راح تستطيع = تقدر أحد = حدا
There might not be an exact translation but generally speaking "Hob el-Rooh (حب الروح)" is like loving someone alot from deep within, with all their soul
كارول سماحة - حب الروح
آه يا حبيبي بلحظة ضعفي قويني آه يا حبيبي بلحظة بردي دفيني خليك على طول قبالي لا تكون بعيد حبك على قلبي غالي وغيرك ما بريد
حبك حب الروح وأنت أغلى من الروح لو من حدي تروح أنت عمري بيروح
نسيني العالم كلو نسيني وحدك عن كل الناس بتغنيني عيشني بدنيي جديدة أجمل أحلام خليني دفي أيدي طول الأيام
يا حبيبي وجودك حدي طمني عيونك من نظرة وحدة بتفهمني أنا فيك بلاقي حالي بكل الأحوال ولا مرة شاغل بالي مرتاح البال
No no no no no no no (la means no just remember that)
Chorus:
I am not coming to tell you come back, listen Because my patience is running out Everytime you just run away Why should I try to get closer? You're keeping me up at night You took my soul, my years and my mind from me And left me with an ailing heart You are the one whose love dominates me and tortures me And puts me through hell
Because of how much you keep me up all night And because of how much you leave me in this hell The cruelness of your eyes scorches me And you leave me in the middle of the stream My heart sings and comes to you again because it's confused And you're never there
You know I used to be melt from your passion, from your words and from you even saying hello O darling my years that afflicted me (with love) and don't heal me I will not let you hurt me again I'm sick of this torment (literally: I'm sick of saying 'ah' in pain) I've wasted my years with you
In your abscence darling I used up all my tears I don't know for whom you're tossing me, hurting me and leaving me You miss me for like a second and forget me for years We will never be together again
It's the last time I put up with your love You forget me and deceive me And never once darling was I hard on you While you were cruel and wore me out How many times did I need you and call you, only to find you unwilling to listen Have mercy on my tears
شيرين أحمد - صبري قليل
لالالالالالالالالالالالالا لالالالالالالا لالالالالالالالالالالالالا لالالالالالالا أنا لاجية قولك إرجع اسمع علشان أنا صبري قليل كل مرة تهرب قرب على ايه إنت مسهرني الليل خت مني روحي عمري عقلي وسايبني بقلب عليل ياللي حبك إنت مغلبني معذبني وموريني الويل
على قد ما بسهر ليلك على قد ما بتسبني في نار تكويني بي قسو عيونك وتسبني في وسط التيار يرجع قلبي يغنيلك ويجيلك علشان يحتار وإنت ولا إنت هينا هآ هآ هآ دا أنا كنت بدوب في غرامك وكلامك وسلامك يا ياحبيب عمري اللي رماني ولادواني ولانادني ولا أنا مش حتألم تاني استناني أناتعباني الآه ضيعت عمري أنا
أنا في بعادك ياحبيبي أنا خلصت دموع العين أنا مش عارفة إنت ناسيني وجارحني وسايبني لمين بتحن علية ثواني وتنساني ياحبيبي سنين ومافيش مابينا لقى
هو أنا آخرة ما أتحمل في هواك تناساني وتخدعني ولامرة حبيبي صعبت عليك وإنت بتقسى وبتبعني كم مرة احتجت أنا ليك أناديك ألاقيك رافض تسمعني إرحم دموعي أنا آآآ
Why should I listen to him Or dream of him and sing for him Suddenly passion brought out words that made me hopeful about him And who knows for sure If he's accepting another love And what else is his love hiding
Why am I OK with the torment of my heart that melted with love for him? The most beautiful days in our life mean nothing to him It's such a shame for him to forget what we had and forget me While I only think of him
I'm waiting for you, hoping to live my whole life with you darling And I don't know when desire will let you begin to feel love I haven't forgotten you, and in your abscence I dream that I'm living with you How did you forget everything between us and sent away your love?
Oh, nights passed and I was patience and what did I get aside from the separation that was written for me and I lived? He stayed away, and my love's torment is something else Torment that can't be expressed in words
What does life mean? With out you I'll go on living it and what will I need? And if one day I ask 100,000 whats Even if the years went by I would still miss his eyes and wouldn't forget him
Why is he leaving me and going away and forgetting me when my soul is with him Nights passed and I was patience and what did I get, after his love?
إليسا - بستناك
ليه اسمع كلامه و احلم معاه و انشد ليه فجأة الغرام يطلع كلام عشمني بيه و مين عارف أكيد قابل غرام تاني و ايه تاني هواه مخبيه
ليه أرضى بعذاب قلبي اللي داب من عشقي ليه أيام جميلة في عمرنا و هانت عليه حرام ينسى اللي كان بيننا و ينساني و انا بس اللي افكر فيه
بستناك و بتمنى اعيش العمر كله حبيبي معاك و مش عارفة ده امتى الشوق يخلي هواك يتمناك مش ناسياك وفي بعادك ليالي احلم باني بعيش وياك
نسيت كل اللي بينا ازاي و بعت هواك و بعت هواك
ياه فاتت ليالي صبرت فيها و خدت ايه غير الفراق اللي أنكتبلي و عشت فيه و غاب عني و فراق و حبيبي شئ تاني عذاب مش بالكلام احكيه
ايه معنى الحياة بعدك حاعيشها و احتاج لأيه لو عالسؤال في اليوم بقول مية ألف إيه سنين فاتت و لسه عيونه وحشاني و مش بنساه
ليه يفارق و يبعد قال و ينساني و روحي معاه فاتت ليالي صبرت فيها و خدت ايه من بعد هواه
