To me, homesickness is linked to “Can love really take us over?” (Arabic: هو صحيح الهوا غلاب) by Om Kalthom. It reminds me with human beings at their weakest nature – going after something – anything- not just love as in the context of the song-, but despite regretting and out of weakness, they still [...]
Categories: English, Quote, Song, أغنية وشعر
If you follow my blog, you’ll notice that lately my posted items are taking a different curve. Recently, I tend to write mostly in English, share more songs and quote a line or two – that may or may not relate to me in person. Most likely, some of you find them as meaningless posts; [...]
Categories: English, Gems from the East, Pianolla, Song, أغنية وشعر
لم أحضر الحفل، لكني غنيت اليوم مع زياد رحباني فى هدوء.. وإستمتعت
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بلا و لا شي بحبك بلا و لا شي
و لا في بها الحب مصاري و لا ممكن في ليرات
و لا ممكن في أراضي و لا في مجوهرات
تعي نقعد بالفى مش لحدا هالفي
حبيني و فكري شوى
بلا و لا شي [...]
Categories: Pianolla, Song, أغنية وشعر, عربي
While the piano man was playing “Kalemat” today, I remembered the first time I heard this song. I was a kid watching Magda El Rumi’s live concert on TV – with my parents at night. My father is the one who taught me poetry. He taught me to love good words, and to seek the [...]
Today I asked the piano man to play me this musical piece by Omar Khairat. When I heard him playing it the other day, I suddenly found tears coming to my eyes. It is so special. It brings back nostalgia for memories I have not lived yet. It makes me miss my home, my room, [...]
محمد عبد الوهاب
محمد يونس القاضي
مونولوج – مقام كورد
1928
أهون عليك ~
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كان عهدى عهدك فى الهوى
يا نعيش سوا يا نموت سوا
أحلام وطارت فى الهوا
تركت مريض من غير دوا
ليه ضاع الوفا
Categories: Song, أغنية وشعر, عربي
Tagged: عبد-الوهاب
محمد عبد الوهاب
مأمون الشناوي
~ قابلته
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مهما جرى لى و مهما يجرى
فى قلبى دايما أمل فى بكرة
Categories: Song, أغنية وشعر, عربي
أم كلثوم
نزار قباني
محمد عبد الوهاب
~ أصبح عندي الآن بندقية
أصبح عندي الآن بندقية
إلى فلسطين خذوني معكم
إلى ربى حزينة كوجه مجدلية
إلى القباب الخضر .. و الحجارة النبية
عشرون عاما و أنا أبحثُ عن أرضٍ وعن هوية
أبحث عن بيتي الذي هناك
عن وطني المحاط بالأسلاك
أبحث عن طفولتي وعن رفاق حارتي
عن كتبي .. عن صوري ..
عن كل ركن دافئ ..وكل مزهرية [...]
Categories: Politics, Song, أغنية وشعر, عربي
Tonight I left the bus and went back home walking; and throughout the way, my last visit to Beirut was on my mind. I remembered the first night I spent walking with strangers in the streets. It was my first time to travel somewhere new and spend it with people I barely know. I was [...]
أم كلثوم
بليغ حمدي
عبد الوهاب محمد
ديسمبر 1962
~ أنا وانت ظلمنا الحب
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أنا وانت نسينا نتعاتب ونتصارح
وعز عليك تسيب العند وتسامح
وعز علي أكون البادي واتصالح
وأصبح كل يوم بينا يفوت أصعب من امبارح
“We have sinned against love” is a relatively old song by famous Egyptian singer Om Kalthoum. And although it was first [...]
Categories: Song, أغنية وشعر, عربي
Marcel Khalifah
Omayma Khalil
~ I will write
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Categories: English, Song, أغنية وشعر, عربي
Since yesterday I have been thinking about what I should write. I kept gathering thoughts throughout the day. Everything was written in my head; I will say this and this and that.
But by the time I reached home, I was tired to the extent that I was sitting in front of TV not because I [...]
I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night
And still have danced some more
I could have spread my wings, and done a thousand things
Ive never done before
Ill never know what made it so exciting
But all at once my heart took flight
I only know when he, began to dance with me
I could have [...]
It was dark by the time I started the walk. I looked up to the skies.. the moon was up there, looking upon me too. Kept on looking, till it was covered by aimless clouds..
Today, I went to a photographer with Bava. You know, supposedly we are into the process of “year books” and “goodbyes” [...]
John Lennon — Imagine
Imagine there is no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No Hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there is no country
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I am a dreamer
But I am not [...]
I began to grow weary…
You have something, then you are fed up with it. You leave something, then you miss it. You decide something, then you regret it.
And in the middle you choose to wait all together. Mostly, you choose it the hard way out. Torturing oneself on purpose, trying to convince yourself everything is [...]
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