Iwan - Nothing in DreamsNothing in dreams nor any words could describe your dark eyes my darlingWho is as beautiful as you?This eye has never seen a beauty like yoursI adore my eyes because they are seeing youThis soul of [...]
Wael Jassar - You Just Leftوائل جسار - مشيت خلاصMesheet KhalasTu t'on vas et c'est tout
Wael Jassar - You Just LeftAfter my soul became comfortable with youAnd I knew the taste of the world with youYou just left and didn't even tell meWhat will I do?Why are you forgetting me, by God?When my heart's life and [...]
Fairouz - I Asked You My Darlingفيروز - سألتك حبيبيSa'altak HabibiJe t'ai demandee
Fairouz - I Asked You My DarlingI asked you my darling"Where are we going?"We move away, we move awayAnd the years precede usIf we were always meetingWhy are we looking around scaredWhenever I see you it's as if it's the [...]
Amr Diab - Always With Youعبرو دياب - تملي معاكTamally MaakToute les temps avec toi
This song is mostly repetition but here's all the words he says.Amr Diab - Always With YouI'm always with youEven if you are far from me your love is in my heartI'm always with you always on my mind and in my heartAnd [...]
Mohamed Fouad - True Loveمحمد فؤاد - الحب الحقيقيEl Hob El HaqiqiAmour Sincère
Mohamed Fouad - True LoveTrue love lives my darlingIt teaches us to forgive and makes us forget yesterdayIt teaches us to always think of our coming daysIf we are apart for a moment it brings us back together againAnd I [...]
Amr Diab - She Told Me To Sayعمرو دياب - قالتلي قولAletni Oul
Thanks to Mohammad Elshawarby for clarifying the meaning of the song. Amr Diab is talking to his girfriend about a past relationship, and as might be expected it is a bit awkward, and his girl is upset because Amr Diab [...]
Ragheb Alama - My Darling Can You Hear Me?راغب علامة - حبيبي سامعنيHabibi SameaniMon Amour M'entends-tu?
Ragheb Alama - My Darling Can You Hear Me?My darling can you hear me?My heart is calling youMy darling how can you live through the nights in my absenceDays pass and I don't forget your loveCome close to me my darlingI want [...]
Elissa - I Live For Youإليسا - عايشالكAychalakJe Vis Pour Toi
Elissa - I Live For YouI live for you the most beautiful years of my life oh light of my eyeAnd there is longing in my heart my preciousAnd passion from the first day in your loveMy dream was to be with you if but one day [...]
Oum Kalthoum - Sleepless By MyselfJe veille tout seulأم كلثوم - سهران لوحديSahran Liwahdi
Oum Kalthoum - Sleepless By MyselfSleepless by myselfAdressing your lurking spectreWandering in my passionAs my tears ran down my cheeksThe world asleep around meWhile sleepless in my own worldI saw your imageDays and nights pass through my mindBetween [...]
Natacha Atlas - I am not Free for Youمش فضية لكMish FadiyalakJe ne suis pas libre pour toi
"I am not Free for you" conveys the connotations of being unavailable, but I couldn't quite find the right translation other than the literal. I could use some suggestions.Natacha Atlas - I am not Free for YouDarling I am not free for youNor I am [...]
DAM - Who's a Terrorist?مين إرهابيMin Irhabi?Qui est un terroriste?
For more, DAM's myspace.com pageDAM - Who's a Terrorist?Chorus:Who's a terrorist? I'm a terrorist?How am I a terrorist while I live in my countryWho's a terrorist? You're a terrorist!You're swallowing me while I live in [...]
Yuri Merkadi - Forget YouJe t'oublieيوري مرقدي - انساكAnsak
Yuri Markadi - Forget YouForget youI could never forget youNor could I forget your love my dark-eyed girlI love youI'm still melting in your loveAnd I could nover forget you ah my dark-eyed girlHow I've lived to meet youTeach [...]
Oum Kalthoum - Sing For Me a Littleأم كلثوم - غنيلي شوية شويةGhennili Shwayya ShwayyaChante pour moi un peu
Oum Kalthoum - Sing For Me a LittleSing for me a little, a littleSing for me, take my eyesMake me sing a tuneThat the audience sways forAnd the branches flutter forThe narcissus with the jasmineAnd travels with the caravans and traverses the desertsA [...]
Nancy Ajram - The Color of Your Eyesنانسي عجرم - لوم عيونكLawn OyoonakLa couleur de tes yeux
Nancy Ajram - The Color of Your EyesI can't live except with youI can't exist except for youThe color of your eyes is my passionI beg you believe what I sayMy heart and my soul are with youIf they push me far from youYou would remain alone in my eyeTalk [...]
Nancy Ajram - The World is Sweetنانسي عجرم - الدنيا حلوةEl Donia Helwa
If you think this is one of the sweetest, most sugary nauseating songs you've seen in a while, you must know the subtext is that it is from a commercial for Koka Kola. I guess the message is just forget everything and fall [...]
Wael Jasser - The World Taught Meوائل جسار - علمتني الدنياAalametni el Donia
Wael Jassar - The World Taught MeThe world taught meEstranged me, tortured meAnd took me from those who mean the most to meAfter all I've seen and heard so much blamingI say God peace upon deceitful loveGo away oh love get [...]
Oum Kalthoum - No My DarlingNon, mon amourأم كلثوم - لا يا حبيبيLa Ya Habibi
Om Kalthoum - No My DarlingDay and night my thoughts are preoccupied with youAnd my life is yours alone alwaysAnd you still believe the envious and jealous onesThey told you that jelousy increases my love and with tears and confusion you possess my heartNo [...]
Oum Kalthoum - You Confused My HeartTu m'angoissesأم كلثوم - حيرت قلبي معكHayyart Albi Maak
Oum Kalthoum - You Confused My HeartYou confused my heart with youYou confused my heart with youAnd I am hiding and concealingTell me what should I do with youOr what should I do with my heartI want to complain to you from the fire of my loveI want to [...]
Hussain Al-Jasmi - I've Lost Youحسين الجسمي - فقدتكFagadtek
Hussein Al-Jasmy - I've Lost YouI've lost you my dearestI lost the love and the beautyWho do I have in this world like you if the absence continuesYou've left and who remains with me to feel my laugh and my cryingAnd even [...]
Wael Kfoury - My Heart is Yearningوائل كفوري - انا قلبي مشتاق
Wael Kfoury is a Lebanese popstar. He is one of the first Arabic language artists I heard when I began studying Arabic and his songs are among the simplest in terms of comprehension. This one is no exception. As always [...]
Fadl Shaker - Oh Absent Oneفضل شاكر - يا غايبYa Ghayeb
Fadel Shaker - Oh Absent OneOh absent oneWhy do you not ask about your beloved who love youThey do not sleep at night longing for your eyesI am thinking of youYou leave me and forget meI need you beside me taking care of [...]
Sherine Ahmed - You Didn't Drink from Its Nileشيرين أحمد - ماشربتش من نيلهاMashrebtsh Min Nilha
Anyway, I don't actually recommend drinking out of the NileSherine Ahmed - You Didn't Drink from Its NileOur country is safe in our handsWe hold it high as long as we liveWe live in it years and years feeling secureYou did [...]
Ragheb Alama - Then Why?راغب علامة - طب ليه؟Tab Leh?
Ragheb Alama - Then Why?Then why do you preoccupy my heart and mind and thoughts like thisThen why do you move away and be stubborn and go back on your promise to me, my soul is with youI remember you and you forget meAnd [...]
Ehab Tawfiq - His Eyes Melted Meايهاب توفيق - دوبوني عينيهDawwabony Aynee
Ehab Tawfiq - His Eyes Melted MeOh his eyes have melted meMy heart became inclined towards himWhat can I do?Oh the nightsMy heart has lived dreaming of his loveAh when his eyes met mineIt was as if he was my destinyAnd I [...]
Hussain Al-Jasmi - Justiceحسين الجسمي - العدالةEl Aadala
Hussein Al Jasmy - JusticeOppression in the world is the enemy of justiceAnd goodness always asks evil what forMan with his actions or with his moneyWhat good is money if everyone is wrongedThis time doesn't know what is [...]
Assala Nasri - A Storyأصالة نصري - حكايةHikayaUne Histoire
Assala is the foremost Syrian singer and has been for the past 20 years. This is a song obstensibly designed as a lullaby for an unborn child.Assala Nasri - A TaleChorusWe'll tell you the most beautiful a taleAbout a story [...]
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This blog, arabicmusictranslation.com (formerly musicarabi.blogspot.com), is dedicated to generating original translations of Arabic song lyrics into English. I founded the site in March 2007 as a project to help improve my Arabic knowledge in my continued [...]
Abdel Halim Hafez - The High Damعبد الحليم حافظ - السد العاليEl Sadd el AaliLe Barrage d'Assouan
A song from the height of the Nasser era, written for the celebratory opening of the Aswan High Dam. Interestingly, the opening rhythm of the song sounds quite Nubian to my ears - the irony being that the High Dam flooded Nubia and effectively destroyed [...]
Nancy Ajram - The Magic of His Eyesنانسي عجرم - يا سحر عيونه
Already translated with subtitles in the vi [...]
Nancy Ajram - I am the Oneنانسي عجرم - انا يللي
This video has the English subtitles. I don't feel like putting a translation but here it is for [...]
Angham - I Remember Youأنغام - فاكراكFakrakJe Pense a Toi
Angham - I Remember YouChorus:I remember you, I remember youI'm hurt and I forgive youI remember you, I remember youAnd also I never lie to youWhy would I flee you?My love for you is bigger than your hurtAnd thus I'm not [...]
Nawal el-Zogbhi - That which I had hoped forنوال الزغبي - اللي إتمنيته
Nawal el-Zoghbi is a Lebanese sing with a long career. This particular song is most well known for its video, which was a complete ripoff of a Spice Girls video. I need some help with a few linesWatch the Spice Girls video [...]
