Fairuz
البوسطة lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Tarab, Levantine Pop
- Length
- 8:58
موعود ...بعيونك أنا موعود
Promised... in your eyes, I am promised
وشو قطعت كرمالهن ضيع وجرود
And what have I sacrificed for them, lost and wandering
أنتي أنتي
You, you
انت عيونك سود وما انك عارفة
Your eyes are black and you don't even know it
مانك عارفة
You don't even know it
شو بيعملوا فيي شو بيعملوا فيي
What are they doing to me, what are they doing to me
شو بيعملوا فيي العيون السود
What are they doing to me, the black-eyed ones
موعود موعود
Promised, promised
ع هدير البوسطة ال كانت ناقلتنا
To the sound of the bus that used to carry us
من ضيعة حملايا عل ضيعة تنورين
From the village of Hamlaia to the village of Tannourine
تذكرتك يا عليا وتذكرت عيونك
I remembered you, Aliya, and I remembered your eyes.
يخرب بيت عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين
Oh, how beautiful your eyes are, Aliya, they break the house!
و ع هدير البوسطة ال كانت ناقلتنا
And on the roar of the bus that used to carry us,
من ضيعة حملايا عل ضيعة تنورين
From the village of Hamalaya to the village of Tanourine.
تذكرتك يا عليا وتذكرت عيونك
I remembered you, Aliya, and I remembered your eyes.
اااه يخرب بيت عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين
Ah, how beautiful your eyes are, Aliya, they break the house!
نحنا كنا طالعين بهالشوب وفطسانين
We were going out in this heat, feeling so tired,
نحنا كنا طالعين بهالشوب وفطسانين
We were going out in this heat, feeling so tired.
واحد عم ياكل خس و واحد عم ياكل تين
One is eating lettuce and one is eating figs.
في واحد هو ومرته ولوه شو بشعة مرته
There’s a guy and his wife, oh, how ugly his wife is!
نيالهن ما افضى بالهن ركاب تنورين
How lucky they are, with the transportation from Tanourine!
مش عارفين عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين
We can't help but notice how beautiful your eyes are, Alia.
ايي عيونك
Eh-eh, your eyes!
ع هدير البوسطة ال كانت ناقلتنا
To the sound of the bus that carried us away.
من ضيعة حملايا عل ضيعة تنورين
From the village of Hamleya to the village of Tanourine.
تذكرتك يا عليا وتذكرت عيونك
I remembered you, Alia, and remembered your eyes.
يخرب بيت عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين
Damn your eyes, Alia, how beautiful they are!
نحنا كنا طالعين طالعين ومش دافعين
We were heading out, heading out, and not paying a thing.
نحنا كنا طالعين طالعين ومش دافعين
We were heading out, heading out, and not paying a thing.
ساعة نهدي له الباب وساعة نهدي الركاب
Sometimes we calm the door, and sometimes we calm the ride.
هيدا اللي هو ومرته ع كتافه داخت مرته
This is him, and his wife is overwhelmed on his shoulders.
وحياتك كان بيتركها تطلع وحدها ع تنورين
I swear by your life, he would let her go out alone to Tannourine.
لو بيشوف عيونك يا عليا يا عليا
If he could see your eyes, oh Aliya, oh Aliya.
يا عليا شو حلوييين
Oh Aliya, how lovely you are.
اييي عيونك
Ey-eh, your eyes!
ع هدير البوسطة (يامعلم) ال كانت ناقلتنا (يا معلم)
On the roar of the bus (oh teacher) that used to take us (oh teacher).
من ضيعة حملايا (لو بتذكر الهوا يا معلم) عل ضيعة تنورين
From the village of Hamlaya (if you remember the breeze, oh teacher) to the village of Tannourine.
تذكرتك يا عليا وتذكرت عيونك (الهوا يامعلم)
I remembered you, oh Aliya, and I remembered your eyes (the breeze, oh teacher).
يخرب بيت عيونك يا عليا شو حلوين (يامعلم)
May your eyes be cursed, oh Aliya, how beautiful they are (oh teacher).
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Key vocabulary
- بيتركها
- leaves her
- تطلع
- comes out
- وحدها
- alone
- بيشوف
- sees
- حلوييين
- sweet ones
- اييي
- yeah
- يامعلم
- teacher
- معلم
- teacher
- بتذكر
- remember
- الهوا
- the air
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About this song
Fairuz is a Lebanese singer, actress, and stage performer. Known for classic Arabic music, she is regarded as one of Lebanon’s earliest major artists and a leading voice of the golden era of Lebanese theater and song.