Arabic Songs
Translated into English

About Arabic Song Titles

The Arabic language has its own alphabet. There is not a standardized way to spell Arabic words in the Roman alphabet used by English and other European languages, and vowels are particularly likely to vary. It may be necessary to try a couple of different spellings when looking for a song on this list. For example, the song title "Inta Omri" is often spelled "Enta Omri". "A Nadda" is often spelled as "Al Nedda" and "Sobry Alil" may be spelled as "Sabri Aleel".

Another issue is that sometimes different titles are used to refer to the same song. For example, people looking for the song "Al Bab al-A'ali" will find it on this list as "Al Baki Alay" - both of these phrases appear in the chorus, but some people find one more recognizable than the other. In another example, some people refer to Amr Diab's first hit as "Habibi Ya Nour el Ain" while others refer to it simply as "Nour el Ain".

If a song is not found through looking for a certain title, it may turn up through a search for an alternate spelling or wording.

Translated Song Lyrics

MP3 Clip Included?	Song Title	Artist	Arabic Lyrics Included?	Comments
	A Nada (Oh, Nada)	Sabah	Yes	Appears on some album covers as "A Nedda". Some U.S. folk dance clubs call this debke song "Ya Abboud". This page contains two translations by two different people.
	A'Aleem Ilaah (God Knows)	Simone Hadsheiti	Yes
	Aba'ad (Far Away)	Mohammed Abdu	Yes	Many people think the title of this song is "Leila Leila" because of its chorus. From the Khaleegy (Persian Gulf) region.
	Aba'ad wa Ansak (Go Far Away and I Will Forget You)	Tamer Seif	Yes
	Abo A'ali (Father of Ali)	Gawaher	Yes
	Abu Ouyoun Garea (The One With the Brave Eyes)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No
	Ah Wa Noss (Ah and a Half)	Nancy Ajram	Yes
	Ah Ya Helu (O Beautiful)	Mohammed Kheyri	Yes
	Ah Ya Zalem (O Oppressor)	Gawaher	Yes
	Ahl El Maghna (The Family of Singers)	Fella	Yes	This song is sure to appeal to people who love horses!
	Ahmed Ya Habibi (Ahmed, My Loved One)	Nada Murni	Yes
	Ahsan Nas (The Nicest People)	Dalida	Yes
	Akhasmak, Ah (I Will Upset You)	Nancy Ajram	Yes
	Al Bab al-A'ali (Al Baki Alay) (Enter the High Gate)	Katia Harb	Yes
	Al Ward Gamil (Roses Are Beautiful)	Oum Kalthoum	No
	Ala Babi Waef Amarain (Two Moons are Standing At My Door)	Melhem Barakat	Yes
	Ala Dalouna (Help Us)	Fairuz, Tony Kiwan	Yes
	Ala Hasb Wedad Albi (It All Depends on My Heart)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes
	Alf Leyla wa Leyla (1001 Nights)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Alli Garra (About the Past)	Asala Nasri & Saber el Reba	Yes
	Am Fettesha El Gharous (I'm Searching For A Bride)	Emad Sayyah	Yes
	Amarain (Two Moons)	Amr Diab	Yes	This is an entirely different song from the one titled "Amarain" by Hassan el-Asmar.
	Amarain (Two Moons)	Hassan el-Asmar	Yes	This is an entirely different song from the one titled "Amarain" by Amr Diab. This one is a wedding song.
	Ammouna fi al-Said (Ammouna from the Said)	Bassem Yazbeck	Yes	Light-hearted Saidi/rap fusion.
	Amriika (America)	Shaban Abdel Rahim	No
	Ana 3indi Ahwai Morra (I Have Sour Arabian Coffee)	Darine Hadchiti	Yes
	Ana A'arfa (I Know)	Warda	Yes
	Ana A'Ayesh (I Am Alive)	Amr Diab	Yes	This song reached the top of the Arabic song charts for several weeks starting in June, 2003.
	Ana Baddi 3eish (I Want to Live)	Nawal al-Zoughbi	Yes
	Ana fi Inta Zarak (I'm Waiting for You)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Ana Hina Ya Ibn-il-Halal (I'm Here O Legal Son)	Sayed Mekawi	Yes
	Ana Laka (I Am for You)	Gawaher	Yes
	Ana Lamma Ib-Hibbak (When I Love You)	Majida el-Roumi	Yes
	Ana Min Doonak Ana (I Am Without You, I Am)	Karol Samaha	Yes
	Arabiyon Ana (I Am an Arab)	Yuri Mrakadi	Yes
	Arraib Layyi (Get Close to Me)	Wael Kfouri	Yes
	Atshana (I am Thirsty)	Nagwa Karam	Yes
	Ayeela Tayeha (Lost Daughter)	Ahmed Adaweya and Ya Salaam	No
	Bahebak wa Baghar (I Love You and Get Jealous)	Assi el-Hellani	Yes
	Bahlam Beek (I Saw You In My Dream)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes
	Batwannes Beek (You're Always With Me)	Warda	Yes
	Bayinnina (It Is Clear to Us)	Baha'a Sultan	Yes
	Beni Wa Benak (Between You and Me)	Hakim	Yes
	Billadhi Askara (The Intoxicating Beloved)	Feiruz	Yes	This is a muwasha (art song)
	Bint el Arabia (Daughter of Arabia)		No	Summary only.
	Bint El Shalabia (The Pretty Girl)	Feiruz	No
	Bint el Sultan (Daughter of the Sultan)	Ahmed Adaweyya	No
	Boussi Ba'a (Look Over Here)	Sherine	Yes
	Cleopatra (Cleopatra)	Mohammed Abdel Wahab	Yes
	Dalona (Dalona)	Nawal al-Zoughbi	Yes
	Digi Digi Ya Rababa (Play, Play, Oh Rababa)	Nadiha Yazbeck	Yes
	Doubti Doub (Barely Melted)	Ehab Tawfiq	Yes	This song became a hot hit in the Middle East and Europe in early 1998.
	Ed Hak (Laugh)	Hanan	No
	Eddam el Kel (In Front of Everyone)	Darine Hadchiti	Yes
	Efred Masalan (Assume, For Example)	Hakim	Yes
	Eina Ellayali (Where Did the Good Nights Go?)	Asmahan	No
	El Bango (Marijuana)	Shaban Abdel Rahim	Yes
	El Bulbul (The Nightingale)	Sabah Fakhri	Yes
	El Helwa Di (The Sweet One)	Dania and Sheik Sayed Darwish	Yes	Some recordings of this song are shown with a song title of "Cou Cou".
	El Hobb El Ha'ee'ee (True Love)	Mohammed Fouad	Yes
	El Layali (The Nights)	Nawal el-Zoughbi	Yes
	El Tannoura (The Skirt)	Fares Karam	Yes
	Etmakhtari Ya Helwa Ya Zena (Walk With a Swinging Gait, O Beautiful, O Pretty One)		Yes	This song is a zeffa, which is a song used for a wedding procession.
	Ezzai? (How Come?)	Mohamed Mounir	Yes	Placed online February 4, 2012. This song is widely acclaimed as the anthem of Egypt's January 2011 Revolution.
	Gafnouhou (Her Eyelashes)	Mohammed Abdel Wahab	No
	Gamil Gamal (Beautiful Dancer)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes
	Gana el Hawa (Love Has Come Our Way)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	Includes photos of Hafez and a brief video clip of him singing this song.
	Gawezohalo (Get Her Married to Him)	Gawaher	Yes
	Ghanili Shwaya, Shwaya (Sing to Me Softly, Softly)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Haad Yensa Alboo (Could Someone Forget His Own Heart?)	George Wassouf	Yes
	Habena (Love Us)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes
	Habib el-Rouh (Soul Lover)	Clauda Chemali	Yes
	Habibi Dah (That's My Lover)	Hisham Abbas	Yes	Sometimes the title for this song is shown as "Nari, Narain". The music video won the Egyptian Oscar for Best Video in 2002.
	Habibi, Hayaati (My Darling, My Life)	Baha'a Hosni	Yes
	Habibi Ya Eini (O Darling, My Eyes)	Nourhan	Yes
	Habitak Bel Saif (I Loved You In Summer)	Fairuz	Yes
	Harramt Ahebbak (I've Given Up on Loving You)	Warda	Yes
	Hizzy Ya Nawaem (Shake It, Little Delicate One)	Farid al-Atrache	No
	Huwwa Sahih el-Hawa Ghallab (Is It True That Love Is Irresistible?)	Oum Kalthoum	No
	Inte Habib A'Youni (You Are the Lover of My Eyes)	Maya Nasri And Hadi Khalil	Yes
	Inte Omri (You Are My Life)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Inzal Ya Gameel	Walid Toufic	No
	Kalamangi (Talkative)	Gawaher	Yes
	Khalas (Liberated)	Ehab Tawfiq	Yes
	Khayyala (Fantasy)	Pascale Machaalani	Yes
	Kol Elli Lammouni (All Who Blamed Me)	Zekra	Yes
	Koul el-Kalaam (All the Talk)	Mayez el-Buyaa	Yes
	Koulli Sana Wi-Inta Tayyeb Ya Habibi (Happy Birthday, O My Darling)	Gawaher	Yes
	La Itkarraib Haddi (Do Not Get Close to Me!)	Lara Dabbagh	Yes
	La Titnahad (Do Not Sigh)	Kazem Al Saher	Yes
	Lamma Bada Yata Thana (When She Begins to Sway)		Yes
	Lamma B-Shoufak Qalbi Byouqaa' (When I See You, My Heart Falls Down)	Pascale Machaalani	Yes
	Laou (If)	Mohammed Fouad	Yes
	Laou Ma Dakhalt ib-Rassi (If You Had Not Entered My Head)	Diana Haddad	Yes
	Linda, Linda (Linda, Linda)	Samir al-Tawil	Yes
	Lissa Fakir (Do You Still Remember?)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Lowlaaki (Without You)	A'Ali Hamida	Yes
	Ma Bi3od Balaki (I Can Not Sit Without You)	Ilyas Karam	Yes	From Lebanon.
	Ma Byilbaklak (It Does Not Fit You)	Pascale Machaalani	Yes
	Ma Gayartish Abadan (I Never Changed)	El Amira Al Saghira	No
	Maani, Maani (Mine, Mine)	Diana Haddad	Yes
	Maghroora (Arrogant)	Wael Kfouri	Yes
	Mateegy (Come!)	Hakim	Yes
	Mawwal Ya Hob (Ode to Love)	Khalil Abboud	No
	Me Alli We Oltelu (He Did Not Tell Me & I Did Not Tell Him)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes
	Meen Habibi Ana? (Who Is Your Sweetheart?)	Wael Kfoury	Yes
	Mihtagalak (I Need You)	Warda	Yes	This song made the top of the charts in Lebanon in 1998.
	Min Aboukra L'Ashiye (From Morning 'Til Night)	Emad Sayyah	No
	Nahna Wil Amar Jiraan (We and the Moon Are Neighbors)	Fairuz	Yes	This Lebanese song was popular in the late 1950's.
	Nassini el-Dunia (Let Me Forget the World)	Ragheb Alama	Yes
	Nawi Ta'Ateb (You Are Determined to Blame!)	Amr Diab	Yes
	Nibtidi Mneen al-Hikaya? (Where Do We Begin Our Story?)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes
	Nour el Ain (Darling, You're the Glow in My Eyes)	Amr Diab	Yes	Was Arabic Song of the Year in 1996
	Noura Noura (Noura Noura)	Farid al-Atrache, Hamid El Shari	Yes	This page contains two translations by two different people.
	Nubian Song	Ali Hassan Kuban	No
	Ool Tany Kida (Say This Again)	Nancy Ajram	Yes
	Oolo (I Tell Him)	Ahmed Abd el Mounim	Yes
	Oolooloo (Tell Him)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes
	Osad Ainy (In Front of My Eyes)	Amr Diab	Yes
	Ouyoun Aalbi (My Heart's Eyes)	Najwa Karam	Yes
	Parisien du Nord (Parisian of the North)	Cheb Mami & K-Mel	Yes	Placed online July 19, 2012. Translation covers both the French part and the Arabic part.
	Rouh Rouhi (Soul of My Soul)	Najwa Karam	Yes	This song topped the charts in the Middle East for several weeks in the summer of 1999.
	Sababeen el Shay (Tea Pourer)	Elaine Khalaf	Yes
	Sa'ban 'Alay (It Is Hard On Me)	Katia Harb	Yes
	Sabri Aleel (I Have Run Out of Patience)	Sherine	Yes
	Safir Ya Habibi (Travel, My Love)		No
	Sahertou Minhou el-Layali (Stay Up Late Nights)	Soumaya Baalbaki	No
	Sahraani (You Fascinate Me)	Ehab Tawfiq	Yes
	Salametha Umm Hassan (Get Well, Mother of Hassan)	Ahmed Adawiyya	No
	Sallam Alay (She Greeted Me)	Traditional Egyptian	Yes
	Samahtak (I Forgave You)	Asala Nasri	Yes	This is an entirely different song from the one titled "Samahtak" by Pascale Machaalani.
	Samahtak (I Forgave You)	Pascale Machaalani	Yes	This is an entirely different song from the one titled "Samahtak" by Asala Nasri.
	Samara (Dark-Skinned One)	Gawaher	Yes
	Samra Ya Samra (Samra, Oh Samra)	Karim Mahmoud	Yes
	Sana Helwa Ya Gameel (Happy Birthday)	Sabah	Partial
	Sanateen Wana Hayyil (For Two Years)	Khalil Abboud	No
	Sawwah (Vagabond)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes
	Sayyidi Elra-Ees (My Master, Mr. President)	Majida el-Roumi	Yes
	Shaater (Clever)	Diana Haddad	Yes
	Shamandora (Dock Boy)	Mohammed Mounir	Yes
	Shatti Ya Dunya (Rain, Life, Rain)	Fairuz	No
	Shi Ghareeb (Something Strange)	Julia Boutros	Yes
	Shoo Imkhabbair Ahlak A'anni (What Are You Telling Your Family About Me?)	Katia Harb	Yes
	Shoo Sarlake (What Has Happened to You?)	Hadi Younes	Yes
	Sirt el Hob (Talk of Love)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Tahtil Shibbak (Under the Window)	Fatme Serhan	Yes	Traditional Egyptian baladi song.
	Talaa Min Beit Abouha (From Her Father's House)	Nazem el-Ghazali	Yes	From Iraq.
	Talab Eiydi Min Ahli (We Became Engaged!)	Pascale Machaalani	Yes	This song became a top hit in Lebanon in 1999.
	Talakik (Looking for Excuses)	Hakim	Yes
	Tamally Maak (I Am With You)	Amr Diab	Yes
	Tfarrak al-Halawa (Watch the Beauty)	Metkal Kenawi	Yes
	Tisslam Eidak (Bless Your Hand)	Hisham Abbas	No
	Tool Omri (All My Life)	Nawal al-Zoughbi	Yes
	Wah Wah Adanou Adanou	Initially Abdel Muhsen Mhanna, later Walid Toufic	Yes
	Wahashtiny (I Miss You)	Khalid Agag	No
	Wahdani (My Loneliness)	Khalid Agag	No
	Waili Min Zoulmake Liyya (Alas of Your Oppression)	Walid Toufic	Yes
	Wala A'ala Baloa (Not Even On His Mind)	Amr Diab	Yes
	Walhanaih (Fascinated)	Najwa Karam	Yes
	Wana Maali (Why Should I Care?)	Warda	Yes
	Wana Wana Amil Eh? (What to Do?)	Hisham Abbas	Yes
	Wehyat Eneyya (By the Life of My Eyes)	Sabah Fakhri	Yes
	Ya Ameer El-Mohibbean (O, Lovers' Prince)	Ahlam	Yes	Popular in the Khaleegy (Persian Gulf) region.
	Ya Ana, Ya Ana (Oh Me, Oh Me)	Fairuz	No
	Ya Baheya (O Bahiyya)	Traditional Egyptian	Yes
	Ya Bajat al-Rouh (You, The Pleasure of the Soul)	Sabah Fakhri	No
	Ya Jmaira (O Ej Maira)	Nihad Najjar	Yes
	Ya Majnoun (O Madman)	Asala Nasri	Yes
	Ya Mayla al Ghousoune (You Who Are Leaning on the Tree Branches)	Fairuz	No
	Ya Mustapha (Oh Mustapha)	Traditional	Yes
	Ya Ritni Tir (I Wish I Were a Bird)	Farid al-Atrache	No
	Ya Salam (Salute)	Nancy Ajram	Yes
	Ya Tamrahenna (O Tamrahenna)	Fayza Ahmed	No	This is not the song that was used for Naima Akef's dance scene in the movie Tamra Henna. It's a different song from a different scene of that movie.
	Ya Tayyeb el Galb (The Good-Hearted One)	Abdul Majeed Abdullah	Yes
	Ya Wail (What a Pity!)	George Abdo	No
	Yaho (Yaho)	Hakim	No
	Yalil Yalil - La Fin Des Haricots (Oh Night Oh Night)	Mickey 3D	Yes	Translation covers both the French part and the Arabic part.
	Yama el Amar al Bab (Oh Mother, the Moon Is At My Door)	Fayza Ahmed	No	From the movie Tamra Henna.

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