CairoKee - Basaal aleiki : 問起你

CairoKee is a popular Egyptian band. This is the first time for me to introduce their song here.


Below is the lyrics :

May Nasr - الطريق : The Road

May Nasr is a Lebanese singer. Her music style is influenced by some great Arabic singers like Fairuz, Zaki Nassif, Ahmad Kaabour, Marcel Khalifeh and Julia Boutros. 
This song "al-tareeq" is from her album 'Lil Ghali' in 2008.

English Translation : 

Where does this road lead...
in the twilight of this day...?
Where is the joy, the love, the tenderness?...
In my mind songs still linger...
Journeys to take...
Tales to tell together...

It’s too early to sleep and get lost in the dream....
Let slumber wait....
And together we will see where the road shall lead.....

Companions we are.... 
Drawn close and drifted apart....
Welcomed and said farewell....
We follow the road... 
only to find that it is always a step ahead ...

Arabic lyrics

وين الطريق رايحة بهالمســا

وين الفرح، وين الهــوى

وين الدفـــى؟

عا بالــي غنّيــات

مشاويـــر وحكايـــات

نمشــي ونحكيهــا ســوى

بكّيــر بعد ننـــام

ونضيــع بالأحــــلام

خلّـــي الغفــى ينطرنــــا

ونشوف نحنا نشوف

ويــن الأيــام بتاخدنــا

رفــاق الدرب نحنا

قرِبنــا وبعدنـــا

لقينــا وودّعنـــا

لحقنـــا الدرب وشفنـــا

هالدرب سابـِقنــا

Jadal - Meen Shaif Habibi? : 有誰看到我的愛?

An old song of Jadal. meen shaif habibi, who saw my lover?
No Chinese translation this time. I am tired.lol

English Translation :

and I'm waiting the night to go and see your eyes
and bagging the sky to reveal you secret's art

and I wish the luck to die, and never come back.
I wonder your perfume without your existence

and I fill the house roses until you came
and I prayed to god to come and kiss your eyes

I hope to never see you
and the words fades from my mouth... just touch your shade
who saw my lover

Arabic Lyrics : 

وبستنى اليل يروح لشوف عيونك

وبترجّا السما تبوح بسر فنونك

وبتمنى الحظ يموت وما يعود يعود

وبستغرب عطرك يفوح من غير وجودك

مين شاف حبيبى !شوفتو حبيبى ؟ وين راح حبيبى ؟

وملّيت الدار ورود لحين رجوعك

وصلّيت للرب تعود وبوس عيونك

ويين راح حبيبى

وياريتني ابطل أشوف

وما يضل علساني حروف بس ألمس طيفك

مين شاف حبيبي !! شوفتو حبيبى ؟ وين راح حبيبى

Terez Sliman - bwatani : In My Homeland

This song, bwatani (in my homeland), talks about wars...
Terez Sliman is a Palestinian singer. Her work is influenced by many genres, but what makes her sound unique is the mix between traditional Oriental music, world music and Jazz.
You can feel the sorrow of Palestinian people from her voice.

And this one is Wasfi Massarani's version : 
He is the voice for the Syrians.
Chinese Translation: 
曾經
在我的家園
有母親、有小孩
曾佈滿了愛

曾幾何時
黑夜、戰爭與災禍
以及那些好戰份子
降臨在我的家園

我堅忍的家園啊
在你的土地上
有一個聲音反覆地說道
我雙手所植的繁星啊
會永遠閃耀著

我所鍾愛的家園啊
在你的山坡上
連月亮都嫉妒我
直到他們徵招你的孩子們
他們所付出的
是他們的青春年華甚至是生命啊

曾經
在我的家園
百姓安居樂業
鳥語花香
夜不掩門 (良心長在)

曾幾何時
戰火、恐懼與仇恨
降臨在我的家園
處處烽火連天

我堅忍的家園啊
在你的土地上
有一個聲音反覆地說道
我雙手所植的繁星啊
會永遠閃耀著

我所鍾愛的家園啊
在你的山坡上
月亮是多麼的嫉妒我
它甚至徵招了你的孩子們
他們所付出的
是他們的青春年華甚至是生命啊

Peace for the world.

By the way, I tried to sing this song as well...the link below is my recording. (I am too shy to embed it here. haha!!) It is my first time to sing in Arabic!! You can leave your comments! :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNNi3qaDzI

Sabine - bayni w baynak : 你我之間

This song was originally sung by Huda Hadad (Fairous' sister), but this singer is Sabine, I prefer her voice. :P

Bayni w baynak literally means "between me and you", but actually she was murmuring to the night, telling the night about her relationship with her lover...

Chinese Translation :

今晚

你我之間 

有的是愛、是旋律

你坐在我的門前

我們徹夜未眠

我們之間

有的是秘密

你也知道我的傷悲

你經過了那棟房子

告訴他

不要忘記我

在路旁的那棟老房子

即使天荒地老

依舊沉睡著

也許明天

愛人會變成陌生人

他經過我身邊

卻忘了曾是我的心上人

我們之間

有的是秘密

你也知道我的傷悲

你經過了那棟房子

告訴他

不要忘記我

明天日子照樣過

我會重新尋找自我

但我什麼都找不到

除了那些

存在我心中腦海裡的回憶

(以下為阿文歌詞)

Jadal - Niyyalak : Lucky You!

今天來介紹約旦團Jadal的舊歌Niyyalak(نيالك)
這句話在Shami方言中代表"你很幸運"的意思，我猜這大概是從(تهنئة لك)來的吧!

Chinese Translation :  你真幸運


別怕，明天燒傷的痕跡就會消失了
燒傷你的是那照亮前方路途的火
抬起你的頭，呼吸新鮮空氣吧
贏家，做得好! 還有你，輸家，你很幸運!

你的雙眼開啟了新的道路
你的魯特琴將能夠把山夷平，並大聲說道 
你很幸運，雖敗猶榮的老兄，你真的很幸運
你的人生就跟我的一模一樣，你很幸運，我也很幸運

站起來，像個男人一樣站好!
一隻眼睛注意後面另一隻看著前面  (小心、注意的意思)
許願吧、相信吧、做夢吧、慢慢來!
鼓起勇氣，勇敢一點，讓你的夢想成真


你的雙眼開啟了新的道路
你的魯特琴將能夠把山夷平，並大聲說道 
夜晚是多麼的幸運因為它有繁星相印
你的雙眼是多麼的幸運因為他們能夠打敗一百零一個嫉妒的人 

別怕，明天燒傷的痕跡就會消失了
燒傷你的火會照亮前方的路
抬起你的頭，呼吸新鮮空氣吧
贏家，做得好!還有你，輸家，你很幸運!

Emel Mathlouthi - Ma Lkit : Not Found

Emel Mathlouthi, originated from Tunis, Tunisia, is a  singer and poet and a highly creative composer.
Ma lakit means NOT FOUND.

English Translation : 

I couldn't find a place where I can close my eyes

I couldn't find one friend who can give me an answer

I couldn't find a wave which can take me far away, far away

I couldn't find words to express how frustrated I am

I couldn't find anything which can explain what's happening

I couldn't find a tune that can break the hatred in human beings

I couldn't find my people

I couldn't find my family

I couldn't find ease

I couldn't find happiness

I couldn't find my way

I couldn't find my path

I couldn't find a firebrand to burn my feelings for me

I couldn't find the faith which could fill my existence

The existence which can no longer find a single scrap of goodness to moderate it

Julia Boutros - khalass Intahayna : Enough, it's over!

Oh my! I just found a great song of Julia Boutrous!
She's a famous singer from Lebanon.
I can't resist sad songs...;p

Chinese Translation : 

就這樣吧，我們之間玩完了
故事結束了  結束了
在我們的眼中
連一滴眼淚都沒有

烏雲遮蔽了太陽與月亮
聲音哽咽了
耳語靜默了
琴絃也無語

就這樣吧，我們之間玩完了

沒有隻字片語沒有任何消息

在我們的手中

連一張照片都沒有

就這樣吧，我們之間玩完了
故事結束了  結束了
在我們的眼中
連一滴眼淚都沒有

Majida El Roumi - etazalt el gharam : I've Retired from Passion

Another song from Majida El Roumi! The director of this clip is Nadine Labaki, a famous Lebanese movie director. (caramel)
etazalt el gharam...etazala means retire or retreat ,and gharam means passion, love.
I guess she means she's fed up with loving her habib. lol


Chinese translation:

你給我聽好了親愛的
別安慰我 別跟我說話
別叫醒我或跟我共枕
行行好忘了我吧!

我受夠愛情了
愛上你的日子讓我快發瘋
我受夠愛情了

當我睡著的時候你的靈魂就離我而去
也許沒有你的明天對我比較好

行行好忘了我吧!
我受夠愛情了
行行好吧!

Majida El Roumi - Kalimat : Words

This is one of my personally favorite Arabic songs. It's a very classic one from Nizar Qabani's poem - Kalimat. (words)
The first time for me to listen to Kalimat was when I was in the junior year in uni...It did amaze me! 
Majida ElRoumi... I think everyone knows her! She's a very famous Lebanese singer since 1970s.
這首歌我實在無法把它翻成中文，中文造詣太差強人意了...sorry ~~

English Translation :

He tells me as he dances with me,

Words that aren't like any other words

He takes me up underneath my arm

And plants me in a cloud

And the black rain in my eye

Getting poured down with heavy drops...

He holds me with him... he holds me

To an evening on a pink balcony..

And I am like a little girl within his hand

Like a feather carried by the breezes

Ah.. Ah.. in his hands like a father carried by the breezes.

Ah.. Ah.. in his hands like a father carried by the breezes.

He gives me a sun... he gives me a summer.

He gives me a sun... he gives me a summer and a herd of swallows

He tells me... that I am his masterpiece

And that I worth thousands of stars

He tells me... that I am his masterpiece

And that I equal thousands of stars

And that I am a treasure... and that I am

The most beautiful portrait he had ever seen

Words... words... words... words

He tells me things that make me giddy

Which make me forget the dance floor and all the steps

Words that upturn my whole history

That make of me a woman in a few moments

He builds me a castle of illusions

I don't live in it, I don't live in it, and I don't live in it... 

Except for a few moments.

Ah... And I return, I return to my table 

I return, and I return to my table

Carrying nothing... Carrying nothing... except words

Words that aren't like any other words, Words that aren't like any other words

Carrying nothing... Carrying nothing... except words... words... words.

JadaL: I'm In Love With Wala Bint - آم ان لوف ويث ولا بنت

The best Jordanian band Jadal!!
This song is quite funny.

中文翻譯:

我和沒有人談戀愛

我愛上了這世上最好的女孩，她與眾不同

她是世上最美最棒的女人，我在和她談戀愛

她自己會賺錢養我們的家

她和其他女孩不一樣，我真的很愛她

這個女孩超愛我，就算我沒錢她也不會羞辱我

相反的

不管我身上有的是一百萬還是只剩下半分錢

她會給我一個大大的擁抱，跟我說 "親愛的，我一點都不在乎啊!"

這女孩愛死我了，我在和她談戀愛

但跟我談戀愛的其實是沒有人

أحب قهوتي مره - يوري مرقدي : 我喜歡我的咖啡是苦的

This song is about coffee beans and love. lol  (الحب)

Chinese Translation : 

我的眼睛自己閉上了

我需要咖啡

現在馬上立刻!

或許愛情是苦澀的只是我沒有發現

我愛苦澀的咖啡

讓我想起我的生活

看來我曾未發現愛

我到底要茫然到何時

我到底要蠢到何時

看來我曾未發現愛

我的腳步趨於穩健

我的心跳變得平穩

依舊伴隨我的咖啡

或許愛情是苦澀的只是我沒有發現

我討厭冷咖啡

讓我想起我的房間

那個沒有你的房間

看來我曾未發現愛

彩虹的顏色 : Sherine Amr - ألوان الطيف

中文翻譯:

天空中彩虹的顏色

我叫飛鳥從遠方的天空帶一件禮物給我

但牠再也不會回來了

那些過往雲煙啊
稍縱即逝

你遺忘的那些顏色呢?

對我的不公平

你的靈魂屬於你  
心思屬於我

生命屬於我

夜幕低垂

徹夜未眠

想起了你

那些過往雲煙啊

稍縱即逝

(整個不知道我在翻譯啥鬼XDD)

Asala Nasri - Ela Mata : Till When

This song is originally sung by a Syrian singer Asala Nasri, but this version is covered by Alaa Wardi and Sultan al-Jameel. Ela Mata literally means"till when."

English Lyrics : 

Till when oh wound in my heart will you stay hurting, till when and patience has no end with you

Till when will the mistakes stay not having a decent excuse, till when will these questions stay without an answer

Its not important for the tear in the eye to go back, or to spill forward and to follow on the hand

Why did it come back, even if it fell, the most important thing is that after it the cheeks were dry

Oh the one who freed my tears, dont expect after what you did ill make you cry again
Im tired covering the edge and the eyes are tearing, and the tears wash my longing and renew

It doesnt matter if my tears spill four by four, or if it comes down in waterfalls, im counting
As long as its fallen and no longer comes out, and whats left from them on the hand

JadaL-Ana Bakhaf Min El commitment

oh well, it's been really a long time since my last post. I am lazy~~ :P
Jadal just posted a new single on Youtube, which is called Ana bakhaf el commitment. (I am afraid of commitment)

There are already some people trying to translate the lyrics into English, so I would like to translate it into Chinese this time. :)

Aziz Maraka - Ah Ya Helwah :

Another song from Aziz Maraka. I love him!lol...

Natacha Altas - He Hesitated

Natacha Altas is a Belgian singer who is famous for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music. She has Moroccan, Egyptian and Palestinian origin. That is why her music is mixed in those dialects. This song is about war...I think!
If you are interested, you can search a movie called "Amreeka" on youtube. It talks about a mother who took her son to America to start their new life. Full of Shami dialect!haha

JadaL - The Machine : الماكينه

A new single release(El Makina) of this Jordanian rock band 'Jadal'! 
It's a lyrics video, so just enjoy it! Arabic alphabets are really beautiful, right?
(I really regret that I didn't learn Arabic calligraphy when I was in Jordan...)

The air breezed upon us : نسم علينا الهوا

Nassam aleina el hawa is a popular song that everyone one knows in the Arab world. It was sung by Fairuz.

You can easily find tons of different versions of this song. The one I am posting here is an instrumental one without vocal, but it sounds much better. haha

Akher Zapheer - 一直都在 : دايماً موجود

This is a Jordanian rock band called Akher Zapheer, which means "last exhalation."(lol...?)
Dayman mawjood can be translated as "always there","always existent" or something like that.