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Nawal al-Zoghbi - Don't You Ever Get Tired?نوال الزغبي - ما بتتعب دخلك؟Ma Btataab Dakhlek

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An old but classic Nawal song. Nawal al-Zoghbi - Don't You Ever Get Tired? Everytime we meet he starts to speak And ask me without hearing an answer Instead of saying to me "My dear, what's wrong?" He passes the whole time Nagging and nagging Don't you ever get tired jeez? You nag me until the sun comes up I'll say some nice word to you To change this atmosphere a little Listen to me without nagging me Let's be lovers Tell me I love you I love you the more the moon sets Owf! Owf! Let us sing my darling until the sun comes up That's enough quit nagging me and telling me stuff And making me mad and then trying to make me feel better When you get nervous and jealous Owf! Owf! Let us sing my darling until the sun comes up نوال الزغبي - ما بتتعب دخلك؟ كلّ مرّة منلتقي بيبدأ الحكي و بيصير يسألني و لا بيسمع جواب و بدال ما يقلّي يا حلوة شو بكي؟ بيمضى الوقت كلّو عتاب بعتاب ما بتتعب دخلك و لو؟ تعاتبني لطلوع الضو إحكيلك شي كلمه حلوه تشويّ نغيّر هالجو سمّعني غي...

Lena Chamamyan - Before Dinnerلينا شماميان - قبل العشاQabl El Isha

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Lena Chamamian - Before Dinner Not before dinner sir After dinner yes, yes With who can I send my greetings to you With my soul (literally "apple of the eye") or my heart? Oh lighting send them my regards whenever you strike When you were far away I used to hear your news Now that you're close I can't stop looking at you I won't die, no I won't die even if they bring the burial shroud I won't I'll go down to the Straight Street market and have a coffin made One nail made of silver and gold and the other nail of ruby The people will be amazed when they see us both in the coffin You have a apricot tree in your house and we have a peach tree in ours The apricot tree has leaned towards the peach tree (it makes a little more sense in Arabic, but to lean towards someone means to like them so it's a play on words) Quit coming and going Oh lord give us some rain, the Earth is longing (also a metaphor) لينا شاماميان - قبل العشا قبل العشا لا يا سيدي وبعد الع...

Nawal al-Kuwaiti - The Days of Our Loveنوال كويتية - أيام حبكAyam Hobak

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Nawal al-Kuwaiti - The Days of Our Love Such wonderful days were the days of our love You were coursing through my veins (literally, "you were spreading in my soul") And I was loving you madly Your heart is hard, but my heart was in your heart Where has the moment that brought us together gone? Where is that wonderful place? And where is that smile we shared, and the love and tenderness You would overturn the entire universe if you were just a moment late I lost you in an instant You were worth more than the world to me/It's not worth living without you (I think دنيا ماتسوى means both of these things in English) نوال الكويتي - أيام حبك أيام حلوه كانت أيام حبك كنت في روحي تسري كنت بجنون أحبك قاسي القـلب لكـن كــان قلــبي بقــلبك ويــن مـوعــــد جمعـــنا وين ذاك المكان وضــحكــنا الي ضـــحكناه والوله والحنان تقـلـــب الكــون كله لو تأخرت خــــــطوه ضعـت مني بثــواني والله دنـيا ما تسوى

Ronza - Do You Thinkرونزا - قولكAwlak

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Ronza was popular in the 80s, with many songs composed by the Rahbani Brothers after Fairuz and Assi's divorce. Ronza - Do You Think? Do you think we'll ever meet again and go out? And talk like we used to when we were young And walk together, and sing together Do you think? Do you think the old times will ever come back and we'll walk down this road again? And the wind will blow and take us away together And you'll tell me I love you and I am jealous about you (there is an idea that if you love someone you will get jealous a lot because you covet them) Do you think? If only the days would come back to me each night And I could see his eyes again and that bright smile And he would be mine as long as I live And I could keep him in my heart and eyes رونزا - قولك قولك قولك قولك رح نتلاقى بعد بشي مشوار نحكي متل الماضي وقت كنا صغار ونتمشى سوى ونغني سوى قولك قولك بعد بيرجع الزمن العتيق نمشي أنا وانت عهاد الطريق ويهب الهوا وياخدنا سوا وانت تقول لي بحبك وانا عليك بغار قولك يا ر...

Rachid Taha - Everybody Out!رشيد طه - بره برهBarra Barra

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"Barra (بره)" means "outside" and therefore "barra barra" means "get out" or "everybody out". This song is about all the problems there are in Algeria, and the reality that you have to get out of the country to escape those things, a sentiment also expressed in Cheb Khaled's "El Harba Wine?" However, you could alternatively understand the song as a message to those who are responsible for the problems. Of course Rachid Taha like most of the biggest Rai singers has in fact fled Algeria and currently lives in France. Rachid Taha - Everybody Out! Everybody out! There's sadness, rage and treachery Everybody out! Corruption and jealousy, no longer can anyone be trusted Everybody out! Thirst, the people are forsaken Everybody out! There's no honor, just oppression and slavery Everybody out! Thankfulness is gone and ugliness is everywhere Everybody out! The stars have gone out and the sun has gone black Everybody out! Th...

Amr Diab - What Can We Say? (I'm Yours)عمرو دياب - نقول ايه | أنا ليكNeoul Eh (Ana Leek)

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Amr Diab - What Can We Say? (I'm Yours) What can we say? That's it, there's nothing left for us to say We've reached a level of love that nobody in this world has every reached I'm yours, my darling, and I will never be anyone's but yours My heart (literally, soul) needs you This moment that you are far from me How can my heart survive it? My darling, how can I express how happy I am with you It's tough You've given me more than I ever dreamed of عمرو دياب - أنا ليك نقول ايه خلاص انا و انت حبيبي مفيش حاجة نقولها واصلين لدرجة حب محدش في الدنيا وصلها انا ليك و عمري ما اكون يا حبيبي غير ليك روحي شاغلها دي الثانية و انت بعيد ازاي قلبي هيستحملها انا ليك و عمري ما اكون يا حبيبي غير ليك روحي شاغلها دي الثانية و انت بعيد ازاي قلبي هيستحملها يا حبيبي أوصف فرحتي بيك ازاي صعب عليا أكتر يا قلبي ما بحلم بقى ملكي و بقى في إيديا انا ليك و عمري ما اكون يا حبيبي غير ليك روحي شاغلها دي الثانية و انت بعيد ازاي قلبي هيستحملها انا ليك و عمري ما اكون يا حبيبي غير ليك روحي شاغ...

DAM - I Have No Freedomدام - ما إلي حريةMali Hurriye

DAM - I Have No Freedom Chorus: Everywhere I go I see borders, imprisoning humanity How come all the children in the world are free, but I have no freedom? Tamer: We've been living for more than fifty years behind the bars of the laws that are imprisoning me in a reality that never changes We don't get to feel any light except a fence from it We see a blue sky with white clouds In the middle of a star that reminds me I'm tied up (ie Israeli flag) But no I'm resilient, living optimistically You won't keep me from hoping with a dividing wall And even if this barrier surrounds me I am tied to Palestine like a fetus to an umbilical chord My legs are the roots of the olive tree in the earth that keeps producing and regrowing branches Every branch outstretched in peace Every branch subject to occupation, refusing to give up So why don’t I have freedom? Because I refuse to live in slavery Mahmoud: We searched for peace among the leaders of war Generals of war, with them we...