Umm Kulthum
يا قلبي كان مالك lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Arabic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Tarab
- Length
- 6:29
يا قلبي كان مالك ومال الغرام
Oh my heart, what do you have to do with love?
ما كنت عنه في غنى عنه
I wasn't in need of it back then.
في غنى من زمان
I was free from it for a long time.
في الخلف صحيح في الغرام ع المرام
In the background, yes, in love, there are intentions.
اعشق وحب وميل وشوف إيه كمان
I adore, I love, and lean—what else to see?
وإن كان غرام اوهام وذل وخصام
And if it's a love filled with illusions, humiliation, and disputes.
خليك بعيد عنه، بعيد عنه، بعيد عنه
Stay away from it, away from it, away from it.
وعيش في امان وعيش في امان
And live in peace and live in peace.
ياما، ياما الغرام يا قلبي لوع
Oh how many, oh how many loves have troubled my heart.
لوع كتير وشافوا المر فيه والعذاب
Troubled a lot, witnessing the bitterness and suffering.
لوع كتير غيرك يا قلبي
Oh, how much more than you, my heart, it aches
آه ياما، ياما، ياما الغرام يا قلبي لوع
Ah, how many, oh how many, oh how much love, my heart, it aches
لوع كتير غيرك عايز تعيش العمر
Oh, how much more than you, I want to live my life
كله اسير وتكون ضحيه ضحيه للملام
All is captive, and you become a victim, a victim of blame
والعتاب يا-يا-يا-ياما الغرام يا قلبي لوع
And the blame, oh-oh-oh, how much love, my heart, it aches
يا ليل، يا ليلي يا عيني يا ليلي
Oh night, oh my night, oh my eyes, oh my night
يا ليل، يا ليلي يا عيني يا ليلي
Oh night, oh my night, oh my eyes, oh my night
يا ليل، يا ليلي، ليلي، ليلي، ليلي
Oh night, oh my night, night, night, night
ياما، ياما، ياما الغرام
Oh how many, oh how many, oh how much love
يا قلبي لوع كتير كتير غيرك
Oh my heart, it aches so much, so much more than you
ياما، ياما، ياما الغرام يا قلبي لوع
Oh, oh, oh, love, my heart's in torment
ياما، ياما، ياما الغرام يا قلبي لوع
Oh, oh, oh, love, my heart's in torment
كتير، كتير، كتير غيرك
So many, so many, so many like you
ياما، ياما، ياما الغرام يا قلبي
Oh, oh, oh, love, my heart's in torment
لوع كتير كتير غيرك
Tormented by so many, so many like you
عايز تعيش العمر اسير
Want to live a lifetime as a captive
عايز تعيش العمر اسير
Want to live a lifetime as a captive
عايز تعيش العمر اسير
Want to live a lifetime as a captive
آه وتكون ضحيه للملام والعتاب
Ah, and be a victim of blame and reproach
ياما الغرام يا قلبي لوع كتير غير
Oh, the love, my heart's tormented by so many like you
عايز تعيش العمر اسير
I want to live my life as a captive
عايز تعيش العمر اسير آه
I want to live my life as a captive, oh
وإن كان غرام اوهام وذل وخصام
Even if it's love, illusions, humiliation, and disputes
خليك بعيد عنه، بعيد عنه بعيد
Stay away from it, away from it, away
وعيش في امان، عيش في امان
And live in safety, live in safety
Key vocabulary
- قلبي
- my heart
- مالك
- what's wrong
- ومال
- and what
- الغرام
- infatuation
- غنى
- wealth
- زمان
- time
- صحيح
- true
- اعشق
- love
- إيه
- what?
- غرام
- love
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About this song
Umm Kulthum was an Egyptian singer and actress associated with Arabic classical music. She is especially remembered for her iconic vocal performances and her major influence across Egypt and the wider Arab world.