Fairuz
شادي lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Tarab, Levantine Pop
- Length
- 2:37
من زمان أنا وصغيرة
Long ago, I was just a child
كان في صبي يجي من الحراش
There was a boy who came from the neighborhood
ألعب أنا وياه
I used to play with him
كان اسمو شادي
His name was Shadi
أنا وشادي غنينا سوى
Shadi and I sang together
لعبنا على الثلج
We played in the snow
ركضنا بالهوا
We ran in the breeze
كتبنا على الأحجار قصص صغار
We wrote little stories on the stones
ولوحنا الهوا
And waved to the wind
ويوم من الأيام ولعت الدني
And one day, the world ignited
ناس ضد ناس علقوا بهالدني
People against people, they've hung in this world
وصار القتال يقرب على التلال
And the fighting draws near to the hills
والدني دني
And this world is a world
وعلقت على اطراف الوادي
And I hung on the edges of the valley
شادي ركض يتفرج
Shadi ran to watch
خفت وصرت انده له
I was scared and I called out to him
وينك رايح يا شادي
Where are you going, Shadi?
انده له وما يسمعني
I called him, but he can't hear me
ويبعد يبعد بالوادي
He moves away, away in the valley
ومن يومتها ما عدت شفته
And since that day, I haven't seen him again
ضاع شادي
Shadi is lost,
والثلج اجا وراح الثلج
and the snow came and went,
عشرين مرة اجا وراح الثلج
twenty times the snow came and went.
وانا صرت اكبر وشادي بعده صغير
And I grew older while Shadi stayed small,
عم يلعب عالثلج
playing in the snow,
عالثلج
in the snow.
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Key vocabulary
- زمان
- time
- وصغيرة
- and small
- صبي
- boy
- يجي
- comes
- الحراش
- scraps
- ألعب
- play
- وياه
- and he/she
- اسمو
- his name
- شادي
- Shadi
- وشادي
- and Shadi
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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.