
Elissa
نفسي أقوله lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Levantine Pop
- Length
- 5:33
قبله واستنيته ليه؟
Why did I wait for him before?
كنت صورة حلوة ناقصة
I was a beautiful picture, but incomplete.
حاجة كملها بعينيه
I need to complete it with my own eyes.
كنت عايشة عمري خوف
I was living a life full of fear.
تحت رحمة الظروف
Under the mercy of circumstances.
كنت قصة ناقصة تكمل
I was a story, incomplete, waiting to finish.
أو كلام ناقص حروف
Or words lacking the letters.
نفسي أقوله إيه كمان؟
I want to say, 'What else?'
كنت قبله من زمان
I was before him a long time ago.
وردة دبلت وأما قرب
A wilted rose, but still close.
فتحت قبل الأوان
I opened too soon
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
حلم كنت هموت وأطوله
A dream I thought I’d die to keep
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
إسم برتاح أما أقوله
The name brings me peace whenever I say it
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
حب أنا سنيني اتعاشوله
Love I’ve lived for years, I’ll keep it alive
واتعاشت عليه
And I’ve thrived on it
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
حلم كنت هموت وأطوله
A dream I thought I’d die to keep
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
إسم برتاح أما أقوله
A name I feel at ease when I say it
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
حب أنا سنيني اتعاشوله
Love, I've lived through the years for it
واتعاشت عليه
And I thrived on it
حالي كان وأنا مش معاه
My state was as I wasn't with him
زي طفل في سكة تاه
Like a child lost on the path
واتحرم من حضن أمه
Deprived of his mother's embrace
واتنسى ويا الحياة
And he forgets with life
حالي كان وأنا مش معاه
My state was as I wasn't with him
زي حد الخوف ملاه
Like the edge of fear, I'm lost
حد كان غرقان في همه
An edge that was drowning in its worries
ومش لاقيله طوق نجاة
And I can't find a life raft for it
نفسي أقوله كنت إيه
I wish I could tell him, what was I?
قبل ما يقربني ليه
Before he brings me closer, why?
كنت عنوان حلم ضايع
I was the title of a lost dream
واتلقى وأنا بين إيديه
And it meets me while I'm in his hands
نفسي أقوله يا
I wish I could tell him, oh
دنيا لياليها اتعدولي
Oh world, your nights count me out
نفسي أقوله يا
I wish I could tell him, oh
فرحة وشموعها اتقادولي
Joy and its candles are fading,
نفسي أقوله يا
I wish to say it, oh,
حضن دفي وشال حمولي
A warm embrace and a heavy shawl,
لما هربت فيه
When I ran into it,
نفسي أقوله يا
I wish to say it, oh,
حلم كنت هموت وأطوله
A dream I was dying for, to hold on to,
نفسي أقوله يا
I wish to say it, oh,
إسم برتاح أما أقوله
A name that brings me peace when I speak it,
نفسي أقوله يا
I wish to say it, oh,
حب أنا سنيني اتعاشوله
Love, I have lived for years to cherish it.
واتعاشت عليه
And I lived for him
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
دنيا لياليها اتعدولي
Oh world, your nights are unmatched
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
فرحة وشموعها اتقادولي
Happiness and its candles warm me up
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
حضن دفى وشال حمولي
A warm embrace that carries my burdens
لما هربت فيه
When I fled into him
نفسي أقوله يا
I want to say it, oh
حلم كنت هموت وأطوله
A dream I would die to prolong
نفسي أقوله يا
I long to say it, oh
إسم برتاح أما أقوله
The name brings me peace whenever I speak it
نفسي أقوله يا
I long to say it, oh
حب أنا سنيني اتعاشوله
Love, I've lived with it for years
واتعاشت عليه
And I've cherished it dearly
Key vocabulary
- قبله
- before him
- واستنيته
- and I waited
- ليه
- why
- صورة
- picture
- حلوة
- sweet
- ناقصة
- missing
- حاجة
- thing
- بعينيه
- with his eyes
- عايشة
- alive
- عمري
- my age
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About this song
Elissa is a Lebanese Arabic pop singer known for her charting albums and singles, including “Baddy Doub” and “Bitghib Betrouh.” She is also recognized for high-profile promotional music videos and major brand sponsorships.