Fairuz
وعدي إلك lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Tarab, Levantine Pop
- Length
- 3:16
وعدي إلك وعد الصوت
My promise to you, a promise of sound
غنيلك وخلي الدني تغنيلك
I'll sing for you, and let the world sing for you
وندروني إلك
They wonder about me to you
وعدي إلك وعد الصوت
My promise to you, a promise of sound
غنيلك وخلي الدني تغنيلك
I'll sing for you, and let the world sing for you
وندروني إلك
They wonder about me to you
مين حملني السيف وقالي قدميه
Who loaded me the sword and told me to step forward?
وشو قالي بالي تأحكي يمكن لو سكت
And what did he say, 'Maybe if I stayed quiet'?
يمكن لو ما احكي كنت هلق فليت
Maybe if I didn't speak, I would have escaped by now
كنت هلق بالبيت
I would have been at home by now
يا أمي لا تنطري قدام البوابة
Oh mother, don't wait by the gate
ومعك بترتيب الدار لا تحسبي حسابي
And with you arranging the house, don't keep me in mind
ويا خطيبي صالح لا تنطرني بهالسهرة
And my fiancé Saleh, don't wait for me tonight
ولا بسهرة بكرا ولا بأي سهرة
Nor for tomorrow's night, nor for any night
أنا كتبوني عا ورق النار
They wrote me down on the burning paper
أنا حملوني هموم كتار
They burdened me with many worries
أنا كتبوني عا ورق النار
They wrote me down on the burning paper
أنا حملوني هموم كتار
They burdened me with many worries
ولازم امشي بالضيع الغرب
And I must walk through the West village
من بيت لبيت ومن درب لدرب
From house to house, from path to path
ويا صالح خطيبي حكايات الليالي
Oh Saleh, my fiancé, tales of the nights
وفساتين العرس لخيطهن ببالي
And wedding dresses are threaded in my mind
خدهن وعطيهن لشي بنية تاني
Take them and give them to another girl
تقدر تسعد معها وإنساني ولا تنساني
You can be happy with her, but don't forget me
أنا قله للواقف بالزمان
I tell him, the one standing in time
بندر صوتي حياتي وموتي
Bander, my voice, my life, and my death
بندر صوتي حياتي وموتي
Bander, my voice, my life, and my death
لمجد لبنان
To the glory of Lebanon
Key vocabulary
- وعدي
- my promise
- وعد
- promise
- الصوت
- sound
- غنيلك
- sing for you
- وخلي
- and let
- الدني
- the world
- تغنيلك
- sing for you
- وندروني
- and they don't
- مين
- who
- حملني
- carry me
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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.