Songs with Arabic Lyrics
Translated into English

About Arabic Song Titles

The Arabic language has its own alphabet. Although there are academic and text messaging conventions for transliterating Arabic into the Roman alphabet used by English and other European languages, many members of the public don't follow those conventions. 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 "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
	Abart el-Shat (I Crossed the River)	Kazem al Saher	No	1989.
	Abo A'ali (Father of Ali)	Gawaher	Yes	1999.
	Abu Ouyoun Garea (The One With the Brave Eyes)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1959.
	Adi El Rabi3 3ad Min Tani (Spring has Returned Once More)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	This is the same song as "Al Rabea" and "Sketch al Rabie", listed elsewhere on this page.
	Ah Wa Noss (Ah and a Half)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	2004.
	Ah Ya Helu (O Beautiful)	Mohammed Kheyri	Yes
	Ah Ya Zalem (O Oppressor)	Gawaher	Yes	2001.
	Ah Ya Zein (O Handsome)	Sabah	Yes	Placed online April 10, 2021. 1954.
	Ahe, Ahe, Ahe (There She Goes, There She Goes, There She Goes)	Amr Diab and Eirini Papadopoulou as a duet	Yes	2020. Partly in Greek, partly in Arabic. The Greek name is "Esi Esi" ("You, You").
	Ahebak wa Enta Fakerni (I Love You While You Think of Me)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	Placed online April 5, 2021. 1954.
	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
	Ahwak (I Love You)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1953.
	Aïcha (Aisha)	Khaled	Yes	1996. Translation covers both the French part and the Arabic part. Algerian raï.
	Akhasmak, Ah (I Will Upset You)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	2002.
	Aktar Wahed (I'm the One)	Amr Diab	Yes	2001.
	Al Bab al-A'ali (Al Baki Alay) (Enter the High Gate)	Katia Harb	Yes	1997.
	Al Rabea (Springtime)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	1949. This is the same song as "Sketch al Rabie", listed elsewhere on this page. Samia Gamal danced to it in the movie Afrita Hanem.
	Al Ward Gamil (Roses Are Beautiful)	Oum Kalthoum	No	1974.
	Al Yaoum Youlado Mina al-Batool (Today is Born of the Virgin)	Choir of Beirut	Yes
	Ala Aad el-Shooq (In Return for the Love)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1955.
	Ala Babi Waef Amarain (Two Moons are Standing At My Door)	Melhem Barakat	Yes	1998.
	Ala Dalouna (Help Us)	Fairouz, Tony Kiwan	Yes	Traditional, origins unknown.
	Ala Hasb Wedad Albi (It All Depends on My Heart)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1966.
	Ala Warag el Foul (On the Jasmine Leaves)	Aziza Omar	Yes	1969. Has also been recorded by Fatme Serhan.
	Albi bi Olli Kalam (My Heart Tells Me One Thing)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	No	Placed online June 20, 2021. 1954.
	Alf Leyla wa Leyla (1001 Nights)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes	1969.
	Alhamdulillah wa Shefnakom (Thank God That We Saw You)	Miami Band	No	1998. Miami Band is a boy band from Kuwait. The song's melody is traditional folk.
	Alli Garra (About the Past)	Oulaya al-Tunisiya	Yes	1970's. In 1996, Asala Nasri & Saber el Reba released a version that achieved greater popularity than Oulaya's original.
	Am Fettesha El Gharous (I'm Searching For A Bride)	Emad Sayyah	Yes
	Ama Barawa (Bravo!)	Nagat al-Saghira	Yes	Placed online June 13, 2021. 1971. Sung in the rural Egyptian dialect. Featured in the movie Ibnati al-Aziza. Also recorded in 2013 by Hussain al-Jasmi.
	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 Bahebak Aktar (I Love You More)	Amr Diab and Angela Dimitriou Duet	Yes	Partly in Greek, partly in Arabic. The Greek name is "Spasta" ("Break Everything").
	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 Koulli Magul El Toba (Every Time I Say I Regret Loving You)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1966. Sung in Upper Egypt dialect.
	Ana Laka (I Am for You)	Gawaher	Yes	2003.
	Ana Lamma Ib-Hibbak (When I Love You)	Majida el-Roumi	Yes
	Ana Mesh Aarefny (I Couldn't Know Myself)	Abdel Basset Hamouda	Yes	2007.
	Ana Min Doonak Ana (I Am Without You, I Am)	Karol Samaha	Yes
	Ana wa Leila (Leila and Me)	Kazer al-Saher	Yes	2000. From Iraq.
	Arabiyon Ana (I Am an Arab)	Yuri Mrakadi	Yes
	Arraib Layyi (Get Close to Me)	Wael Kfouri	Yes
	Ashky Le Mein el-Hawa (To Whom Do I Complain?)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	Placed online June 12, 2021. 1931.
	Asmar Ya Asmarani (Dark One, Oh Dark One)	Fayza Ahmed	Yes	1957. Was also later recorded by Abdel Halim Hafez, who sang it in the movie El Wesada El-Khalya.
	Atabtab we Dallaa (Pat and Pamper)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	Placed online April 18, 2021. 2006. Also known as "Ya Tabtab". A Greek song named "Se Thelo Me Trela" that uses the same melody was released a year later, by Kelly Kelekidou.
	Atshana (I am Thirsty)	Nagwa Karam	Yes
	Aweeny Beek (Make Me Stronger)	Samira Said	Yes	Placed online April 4, 2021. 2004.
	Awwel Marra Taheb Ya Albi (The First Time You Love, Oh My Heart)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1957. Appeared in the movie El Wesada El-Khalya. Has also been recorded by Nancy Ajram (2009) and Elissa (2014).
	Ay Damet Hozn (Any Tear of Sorrow)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1974.
	Ayeela Tayeha (Lost Daughter)	Ahmed Adaweya and Ya Salaam	No
	Bafakar Filli Nasini (I Think About the One Who Forgot Me)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab		Placed online April 3, 2021. 1957. Later sung by Kazem al-Saher.
	Baheb Etnein Sawa	Leila Murad	No	Placed online August 10, 2021. 1950. Featured in the motion picture Shatie al-Gharam. Also known as "El Maya w-el-Hawa".
	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	1959.
	Balash Tebousni (Don't Kiss Me)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	1942.
	Banat Iskandaria (Girls of Alexandria)	Mohammed el-Bakkar	Yes	Same melody as the traditional Turkish song "Kâtibim" (also known as "Üsküdara Gideriken"), the Greek song "Apo Xeno Topo", and the Syrian song "Ghazaly Ghazaly".
	Baqy (Remainder)	Iwan	Yes	2007. Same melody as a Greek song, "Foveri".
	Batwannes Beek (You're Always With Me)	Warda	Yes
	Bayinnina (It Is Clear to Us)	Baha'a Sultan	Yes
	Be'a Albak (Sell Your Heart)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1957. Abdel Halim Hafez sung it in the movie Fata Ahlami (Boy of my Dreams).
	Baheb Etnein Sawa (I Love Two Together)	Leila Murad	No	Placed online August 10, 2021. Featured in the motion picture Shatie al-Gharam. Also known as "El Maya w-el-Hawa".
	Beni Wa Benak (Between You and Me)	Hakim	Yes
	Betedhak (With a Laugh)	Mohamed Hamaki	Yes	Placed online April 4, 2021. 2003.
	Billadhi Askara (The Intoxicating Beloved)	Feiruz	Yes	This is a muwasha (art song)
	Bint el Arabia (Daughter of Arabia)		No	Summary only.
	Bint el-Geran (The Neighbor's Daughter)	Hassan Shakosh and Omar Kamal	Yes	2019. Mahragan.
	Bint El Shalabia (The Pretty Girl)	Feiruz	No
	Bint el Sultan (Daughter of the Sultan)	Ahmed Adaweyya	No
	Bitaqat Hob (Postcard of Love)	Samira Said	Yes	1980.
	Bitlimoni Leih? (Why Do You Blame Me?)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1959. Appeared in the motion picture Hekayat Hob.
	Boussi Ba'a (Look Over Here)	Sherine	Yes
	Bum Bum (Boom Boom)	Mohamed Ramadan	Yes	2020. Mahragan.
	Chocolata Chikita (Small Pieces of Chocolate)	Samer Gabro	Yes	An Arabic version of the Greek song "Chiculata" by Giorgos Xanthiotis.
	Cleopatra (Cleopatra)	Mohammed Abdel Wahab	Yes
	Corona Virus (Coronavirus)	Mohamed Ramadan	Yes	2020. Mahragan.
	Dalona (Dalona)	Nawal al-Zoughbi	Yes
	Didi (Take)	Khaled	Yes	1992. Algerian raï.
	Digi Digi Ya Rababa (Play, Play, Oh Rababa)	Nadiha Yazbeck	Yes
	Doubti Doub (Barely Melted)	Ehab Tawfiq	Yes	1998. This song became a hot hit in the Middle East and Europe.
	Ed Hak (Laugh)	Hanan	No
	Eddam el Kel (In Front of Everyone)	Darine Hadchiti	Yes
	Efred Masalan (Assume, For Example)	Hakim	Yes	1996.
	Eina el-Layali (Where Did the Good Nights Go?)	Asmahan	No
	Eini Betref (My Eyes Are Glazed Over)	Duet by Leila Murad and Naguib el-Rehani	No	Placed online August 7, 2021. 1949. Appeared in the motion picture Ghazal al-Banat.
	El Bango (Marijuana)	Shaban Abdel Rahim	Yes
	El Barha bil Hilm (Yesterday's a Dream)	Kazem al-Saher	Yes
	El Bo'd Laa (No to Being Apart)	Hakim	Yes	1991. Also sometimes called "Le Le Le Le" or "Le Le Yere Milheve". Uses same melody as the Greek song "Magika Xalia", by Lefteris Pantazis.
	El Bulbul Nagha (The Nightingale)	Sabah Fakhri	Yes	Muwashah.
	El Donia Rabea (The World is Springy!)	Souad Hosni	Yes	Has also been recorded by Haifa Wehbe.
	El Hawa Hawaya (The Love Is My Love)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1969. Appeared near the beginning of the movie Abi Foq al-Shagara.
	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 Hob El Ha'ee'ee (True Love)	Mohammed Fouad	Yes
	El Hob El Mostaheel (The Impossible Love)	Kazem al-Saher	Yes	2000.
	El Layali (The Nights)	Nawal el-Zoughbi	Yes	2000.
	El Maadi (The Past)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	No	Placed online August 6, 2021. 1946.
	El Massih (Jesus Christ)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1968.
	El Massih Qam (Christ is Risen)	Fairouz	Yes	✝ 1962. A Christian hymn for Easter.
	El Maya w-el-Hawa (The Sea and the Air)	Leila Murad	No	Placed online August 10, 2021. Featured in the motion picture Shatie al-Gharam. Also known as "Baheb Etnein Sawa".
	El Mostabida (The Tyrant)	Kazem al-Saher	Yes	2000.
	El Qamh el-Leil (The Night of the Wheat Festival)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	No	1946.
	El Tahadeyat (The Challenges)	Kazem al-Saher	Yes
	El Tannoura (The Skirt)	Fares Karam	Yes
	El Toba (Never Again)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1955.
	Enta Meen (Who Are You?)	Mohamed Rushdi	Yes
	Enti Bascotaya Moqarmesha (You're My Crispy Biscuit)	Hassan Shakosh and Hamada Magdy	Yes	2020. Mahragan.
	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	This song is widely acclaimed as the anthem of Egypt's January 2011 Revolution.
	Fatet Ganbena (She Came Between Us)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1974.
	Fatouny (Miss Me)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1955.
	Fesstani (My Dress)	Sabah	Yes	Placed online April 18, 2021.
	Fog al-Nakhal (Above the Palm Trees)	Nazem al-Ghazali	Yes	Iraqi.
	Gabar (Amazing)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1967.
	Gafnouhou (Her Eyelashes)	Mohammed Abdel Wahab	No	1933. Featured in the movie Al Ward al-Baida.
	Gamalo (Her Beauty)	Amr Diab	Yes	2014.
	Gamil Gamal (Beautiful Dancer)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes
	Gana el Hawa (Love Has Come Our Way)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1969. Includes photos of Hafez and a brief video clip of him singing this song.
	Gawezohalo (Get Her Married to Him)	Gawaher	Yes	2001.
	Ghanili Shwaya, Shwaya (Sing to Me Softly, Softly)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Ghazaly, Ghazaly (Gazelle, Gazelle)	Hani Mitwasi	Yes	Traditional. Same melody as the traditional Turkish song "Kâtibim" (also known as "Üsküdara Gideriken"), the Alexandrian song "Banat Iskandaria", and the Greek song "Apo Xeno Topo".
	Gulli Ya Hilu (Tell Me, Oh Sweet)	Nazem al-Ghazali	Yes	Traditional Iraqi folk song.
	Haad Yensa Alboo (Could Someone Forget His Own Heart?)	George Wassouf	Yes
	Habena (Love Us)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	1975.
	Habib el-Maghoul (The Unknown Lover)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	1972.
	Habib el-Rouh (Soul Lover)	Clauda Chemali	Yes
	Habibaha (Her Lover)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1966.
	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)	Fairouz	Yes
	Harramt Ahebbak (I've Given Up on Loving You)	Warda	Yes
	Hawel Teftekerni (Try to Remember Me)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1973.
	Helwa wa Kadab (Beautiful and a Liar)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1956.
	Hizzy Ya Nawaem (Shake It, Little Delicate One)	Farid al-Atrache	No
	Hobak Nar (Loving You Is Hell)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1959.
	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	2003.
	Kan Andak Haq (You Had It Right)	Amr Diab	Yes	1993.
	Kariat el-Fingan (The Coffee Grounds Reader)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1976. The final song of Adel Halim Hafez before he died.
	Khalas (Liberated)	Ehab Tawfiq	Yes
	Khayyala (Fantasy)	Pascale Machaalani	Yes
	Khosara, Khosara (What a Loss, What a Loss)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1957.
	Kol Elli Lammouni (All Who Blamed Me)	Zekra	Yes
	Kol el-Kalam (All Your Words)	Amr Diab	Yes	1998.
	Kol el-Kalam (All the Talk)	Mayez el-Buyaa	Yes
	Koulli Da Kan Lih (Why Did All This Happen?)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	Placed online April 3, 2021.
	Koulli Sana Wi-Inta Tayyeb Ya Habibi (Happy Birthday, O My Darling)	Gawaher	Yes	1999.
	La Itkarraib Haddi (Do Not Get Close to Me!)	Lara Dabbagh	Yes
	La Takzeby (Do Not Lie)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	Placed online June 26, 2021. 1962. Also recorded by Nagat al-Saghira and Abdel Halim Hafez.
	La Titnahad (Do Not Sigh)	Kazem Al Saher	Yes
	Laa Laa (No, No)	DokDok and Funky (also known as El Sawareekh)	Yes	2017. Mahragan.
	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
	Lawn Oyounak (The Color of Your Eyes)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	Placed online April 18, 2021. 2004.
	Le Le Le Le (No to Being Apart)	Hakim	Yes	1991. Also sometimes called "El Bo'd Laa" or "Le Le Yere Milheve". Uses same melody as the Greek song Magika Xalia, by Lefteris Pantazis.
	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 Beyes'alsh Alayya Abadana (He Never Asks About Me)	Mohamed Abdel Moutaleb	No	Placed online April 4, 2021.
	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
	Ma Yhemmak (Don't Worry About It)	Yara	Yes
	Ma Yehremneesh Mennak (I Pray God Won't Deprive Me of You)	Tamer Hosni	Yes	Placed online April 4, 2021. 2006.
	Maani, Maani (Mine, Mine)	Diana Haddad	Yes
	Mabrouk Ya Ariss (Congratulations to the Groom)	George Wassouf and many others	Yes	Placed online April 4, 2021. Traditional.
	Maddah al Amar (Praise the Moon)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1968.
	Maghroora (Arrogant)	Wael Kfouri	Yes	1996.
	Mateegy (Come!)	Hakim	Yes
	Mawood (You Are Accustomed to It)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1971.
	Mawwal Ya Hob (Ode to Love)	Khalil Abboud	No
	Maya w-el-Hawa	Leila Murad	No	Placed online August 10, 2021. 1950. Featured in the motion picture Shatie al-Gharam. Also known as "Baheb Etnein Sawa".
	Me Alli We Oltelu (He Did Not Tell Me & I Did Not Tell Him)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	Also listed elsewhere on this page under the song title "Ya Awazel Falfilu"
	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
	Min Gheir Leh (Without a Reason Why)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes
	Misbah Aladdin (Aladdin's Lamp)	Mohamed Ramadan	Yes	2021. Mahragan.
	Modnak Gafa (The One You Weakened is Forsaken)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	No	Placed online June 19, 2021. 1938.
	Nahna Wil Amar Jiraan (We and the Moon Are Neighbors)	Fairouz	Yes	This Lebanese song was popular in the late 1950's.
	Nassam Alayna el-Hawa (The Breeze Blew Upon Us)	Fairouz	Yes	1968. Fairouz sang it in the 1968 Lebanese motion picture Bint El-Fares.
	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	1975.
	Nour el Ain (Darling, You're the Glow in My Eyes)	Amr Diab	Yes	Was Arabic Song of the Year in 1996
	Nour el Shams (Sunlight)	Pascal Mashaalani	Yes	2000. There are also other versions of this song in Greek ("Ta Zitas") and Turkish ("Yok Gerekçem").
	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	2004. This song was used in a 2005 Coca Cola commercial.
	Ooli Ahiboka (Tell Me You Love Me	Kazem al-Saher	Yes	1999.
	Ooli Haga (Tell Me Something)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1962.
	Oolo (I Tell Him)	Ahmed Abd el Mounim	Yes
	Oolooloo (Tell Him)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1959.
	Osad Ainy (In Front of My Eyes)	Amr Diab	Yes
	Oul Inshallah (Say, "If God Wills It")	Iwan	Yes	2003. A Lebanese version of the Greek song "Deste Mou Ta Matia" by Despina Vandi.
	Ouyoun Aalbi (My Heart's Eyes)	Najwa Karam	Yes
	Ouyoun Baheya (Baheya's Eyes)	Mohamed el-Ezabi	No	Placed online August 4, 2021. 1972.
	Parisien du Nord (Parisian of the North)	Cheb Mami & K-Mel	Yes	Translation covers both the French part and the Arabic part.
	Porompom Pom (Porompom Pom)	Taroub	Yes	1973. Also known as "Ya Sitti Ya Khityara".
	Qariat el-Fingan (The Coffee Grounds Reader)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1976. The final song of Adel Halim Hafez before he died.
	Rah Rah (He Left, He Left)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1960. Appeared in the movie El Banat Waal Seif (Girls of Summer).
	Raydak (I Desire You)	Leila Murad	Yes	Placed online August 8, 2021. 1950. Appeared in the movie Shatie al-Gharam. Song is also known as "Ya Msafer w Nasy Hawak".
	Resala Men Taht el-Maa (A Letter from Under the Water)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1973.
	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.
	Rouhi Mertahalak (My Soul Is Happy With You)	Amr Diab	Yes	2007.
	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
	Salaam Alay (She Greeted Me)	Traditional Egyptian	Yes
	Salametha Umm Hassan (Get Well, Mother of Hassan)	Ahmed Adawiyya	No
	Salamtak Biad Allah (I Left You in the Hands of God)	Kazem al-Saher	Yes	Later also recorded by George Wassouf.
	Salma Ya Salama (Safety, Safety)	Dalida	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	2001.
	Samra Ya Samra (Samra, Oh Samra)	Karim Mahmoud	Yes
	Sana Helwa Ya Gameel (Happy Birthday)	Sabah	Partial	1964.
	Sanateen Wana Hayyil (For Two Years)	Leila Murad	Yes	Updated June 29, 2021. Added a second translation, plus added background information about the song.
	Sawt el-Eid (Sound of the Festival)	Fairouz	Yes	1965. Arabic version of "Silent Night".
	Sawwah (Vagabond)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1966.
	Sayyidi Elra-Ees (My Master, Mr. President)	Majida el-Roumi	Yes
	Seher Oyouno (The Charm of His Eyes)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	Placed online April 18, 2021. 2003. This song is also known as "Yay".
	Shaater (Clever)	Diana Haddad	Yes
	Shakl Tany (Different Kind)	Nagat al-Saghira	Yes	Placed online April 1, 2021. 1968. Composed by Mohamed Abdel Wahab.
	Shamandora (Dock Boy)	Mohammed Mounir	Yes
	Shatti Ya Dunya (Rain, Life, Rain)	Fairouz	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
	Sidi Mansour (Mr. Mansour)	Mohamed Hanesh	Yes	Traditional.
	Sirt el Hob (Talk of Love)	Oum Kalthoum	Yes
	Sketch Al Rabie (Springtime)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	1949. This is the same song as "Al Rabea", listed elsewhere on this page. Samia Gamal danced to it in the movie Afrita Hanem.
	Sodfa (Coincidence)	Abdel Halim Hafez	No	1956. Appeared in the movie Maw`ed Gharam (A Date with Love).
	Tahtil Shibbak (Under the Window)	Aziz Osman, Fatme Serhan, & many others	Yes	Baladi song composed in the 1940's by Aziz Osman.
	Tair el-Warwar (Warwar Bird)	Fairouz	Yes	1976.
	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.
	Talj, Talj (Snow, Snow)	Fairouz	Yes	1965.
	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	2001.
	Um el-Oyoun el-Soud (Mother of the Black Eyes)	Nazem al-Ghazali	No	1963.
	Wah Wah Adanou Adanou	Initially Abdel Muhsen Mehanna, later Walid Toufic	Yes
	Wahashtiny (I Miss You)	Khaled Agag	No
	Wahdani (My Loneliness)	Khaled 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	2001.
	Wala Wahed (Not Even One)	Hakim	Yes	1998. Uses the same melody as Ston Évdomo Ouranó, by Lefteris Pantazis.
	Walhanaih (Fascinated)	Najwa Karam	Yes
	Wana Maali (Why Should I Care?)	Warda	Yes
	Wana Wana Amil Eh? (What to Do?)	Hisham Abbas	Yes
	We Malo (So What?)	Amr Diab	Yes	2005.
	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)	Fairouz	No
	Ya Awazel Falfilu (O Those of You Who Would Separate Us, Fume)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	Also listed elsewhere on this page as the song title "Me Alli We Oltelu".
	Ya Baheya (O Bahiyya)	Leila Murad, Shadia, and others	Yes	Traditional. First artist to record it was Leila Murad, in 1952. Shadia released a version in 1960.
	Ya Bajat al-Rouh (You, The Pleasure of the Soul)	Sabah Fakhri	No
	Ya Dala Dalla (Oh Adorable!)	Sabah	Yes	Placed online April 18, 2021. 1974.
	Ya Gamil (O Beautiful One)	Farid al-Atrache	Yes	1955.
	Ya Hayat Albi (O Life of My Heart)	Haifa Wehbe	Yes
	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)	Fairouz	No
	Ya Msafer w Nasy Hawak (Oh Traveler, Forget Your Love)	Leila Murad	Yes	Placed online August 8, 2021. 1950. Appeared in the movie Shatie al-Gharam. Song is also known as "Raydak".
	Ya Msafer Wahdak (O Lone Traveler)	Mohamed Abdel Wahab	Yes	1942.
	Ya Mustapha (Oh Mustapha)	Bob Azzam	Yes
	Ya Rayah (Oh Emigrant)	Dahmane el-Harrachi	Yes	1973. Has also been recorded by Rachid Taha. A version with Greek lyrics is Kai An Se Thelo by Giorgos Dalaras.
	Ya Reem Wadi Thaqif (O Gazelle of Thaqif Ravine)	Traditional		Traditional.
	Ya Ritni Tir (I Wish I Were a Bird)	Farid al-Atrache	No
	Ya Salam (Salute)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	2003.
	Ya Sitti Ya Khityara (O, Old Grandmother)	Taroub	Yes	1973. Also known as "Porompom Pom".
	Ya Tabtab we Dallaa (Pat and Pamper)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	2006. Also known as "Atabtab". A Greek song named "Se Thelo Me Trela" that uses the same melody was released a year later, by Kelly Kelekidou.
	Ya Tamrahenna (O Tamrahenna)	Fayza Ahmed	No	1957. 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 same movie.
	Ya Tayr (O Bird)	Fairouz	Yes	1967.
	Ya Tayr el-Warwar (O Warwar Bird)	Fairouz	Yes	1976.
	Ya Tayyeb el Galb (The Good-Hearted One)	Abdul Majeed Abdullah	Yes
	Ya Um el-Oyoun el-Soud (Mother of the Black Eyes)	Nazem al-Ghazali	No	1963.
	Ya Wail (What a Pity!)	George Abdo	No
	Ya Yassouh el-Hayat Nouazimak (O Jesus, Life in the Tomb)			✝ 1962. Religious song for Good Friday.
	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	1957. From the movie Tamra Henna.
	Yay (Wow!)	Nancy Ajram	Yes	Placed online April 18, 2021. 2003. This song is also known as "Seher Oyouno".
	Zay el-Assal (Like Honey)	Sabah	Yes	Placed online June 8, 2021. 1972.
	Zay el-Hawa (Like the Wind)	Abdel Halim Hafez	Yes	1970.
	Zidini Eshqan (Increase Your Passion)	Kazen al-Saher	Yes	1996.

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