Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Fairuz - The People Asked Me
فيروز - سألوني الناس
Sa'alouny el Nas

Mansour Rahbani wrote this song for his brother and partner Assi Rahbani when he fell ill. Of course, Fairuz was the wife of Assi at that time, and to top it off, Assi's son the budding talent Ziad Rahbani was asked to compose the music.



Fayrouz - The People Asked Me

The people have asked me about you, my darling
They've written letters and the wind took them
It's not easy for me to sing, my darling
When for the first time, we are not together

The people asked me about you, they asked me
I said "he's coming back, don't you dare blame me"
I closed my eyes fearing that the people would see me hiding you in my eyes (meaning she's thinking about him and caring for him)
And the wind picked up out of nowhere
For the first time, we are not together

He appeared in the night and said "light my way"
"The night found me and put out my lamp"
"Don't ask me how I found me"
"My heart was my guide to you"
"He who has suffered in longing has truly suffered"
For the first time, we are not together

فيروز - سألوني الناس

سألوني الناس عنك يا حبيبي
كتبوا المكاتيب و أخدها الهوا
بيعز عليي غني يا حبيبي
و لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

سألوني الناس عنك يا حبيبي
كتبوا المكاتيب و أخدها الهوا
بيعز عليي غني يا حبيبي
و لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

سألوني الناس عنك سألوني
قلتلن راجع أوعى تلوموني
سألوني الناس عنك سألوني
قلتلن راجع أوعى تلوموني
غمضت عيوني خوفي للناس
يشوفوك مخبى بعيوني
و هب الهوى و ما كان الهوى
لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

سألوني الناس عنك يا حبيبي
كتبوا المكاتيب و أخدها الهوا
بيعز عليي غني يا حبيبي
و لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

طل من الليل قالي ضويلي
لاقاني الليل و طفى قناديلي
طل من الليل قالي ضويلي
لاقاني الليل و طفى قناديلي
و لا تسأليني كيف إستهديت
كان قلبي لعندك دليلي
و اللي إكتوى بالشوق إكتوى
لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

سألوني الناس عنك يا حبيبي
كتبوا المكاتيب و أخدها الهوا
بيعز عليي غني يا حبيبي
و لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

سألوني الناس عنك يا حبيبي
كتبوا المكاتيب و أخدها الهوا
بيعز عليي غني يا حبيبي
و لأول مرة ما منكون سوا

Lyrics transcription from La7oon.com

2 comments:

OdedMusic said...

from what i've heard of Rahbani's music, and it isn't much, considering how much there really seems to be, this pales in comparison to his later stuff, musically and compositionally speaking

Dr.Fawad said...

could anyone tell me about a song ''fouad'' ,either by ume kulsoom or by ferouz? just the name of that song please