Fadel Chaker
معقول lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Levantine Pop
- Length
- 3:56
معقول إنساك معقول
Is it really possible to forget you?
تنساني أنا على طول
Will you forget me forever?
معقول إنساك معقول
Is it really possible to forget you?
تنساني أنا على طول
Will you forget me forever?
معقول ما نعود أحباب
Is it really possible that we won't be lovers again?
نمرق متل الأغراب
We'll pass by like strangers.
ولا نبقى سوى
Or will we remain just that?
ولا نبقى سوى
Or will we remain just that?
ياما قالوا الهوى غلاب
They say love is overwhelming.
ولا مرة حسبنا حساب
Not once did we consider the cost.
نبعد يا هوى، يا هوى يا هوى
Stay away, oh love, oh love, oh love
ياما، ياما عشاق نسيوا الأشواق
Oh how many lovers forgot their longings
ضاعوا وصاروا بهالعمر أوراق
They got lost and became mere pages in this life
ياما كنا نقول عاشقين على طول
Oh how we used to say we were always in love
لا، لا مش معقول تقدر يا فراق
No, no, it's not possible that you can, oh separation
تاري المكتوب يا هوى مكتوب
So the written fate, oh love, is written
ولا تتعب يوم يا قلوب
And do not tire, oh hearts, for a single day
معقول ما نعود أحباب
Is it possible we won't return as beloved ones?
نمرق متل الأغراب
We pass by like strangers
ولا نبقى سوى
Or we remain as mere shadows
ولا نبقى سوى
And we are left with nothing
ياما قالوا الهوى غلاب
They often said love is overwhelming
ولا مرة حسبنا حساب
Not once did we calculate the cost
نبعد يا هوى، يا هوى يا هوى
Let's drift apart, oh love, oh love, oh love
إنساك معقول
Can it be that I forget you?
تنساني أنا على طول
You forget me just like that
معقول إنساك معقول
Can it be that I forget you?
تنساني أنا على طول
You forget me just like that
معقول ما نعود أحباب
Is it possible we won't be lovers again?
نمرق متل الأغراب
We pass by like strangers
ولا نبقى سوى
And we remain nothing but
ولا نبقى سوى
And we remain nothing but
ياما قالوا الهوى غلاب
So many said love is overpowering
ولا مرة حسبنا حساب
Not once did we take it into account
نبعد يا هوى، يا هوى يا هوى
Let’s distance ourselves, oh love, oh love, oh love
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Key vocabulary
- معقول
- reasonable
- إنساك
- forget you
- تنساني
- forget me
- طول
- length
- نعود
- return
- أحباب
- lovers
- نمرق
- step out
- متل
- like
- الأغراب
- strangers
- نبقى
- we stay
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About this song
Fadel Chaker is a Lebanese singer known for his emotionally driven vocal style rooted in classic Arabic music, influenced by artists such as Umm Kulthum and Abdel Halim Hafez. He began performing early at popular events in South Lebanon, including during his upbringing in the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon.