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رسالة من تحت الماء
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This page contains a translation into English of the lyrics to the Egyptian song "Resala Men Taht el Maa", which was popularized by Abdel Halim Hafez. Another way to spell the song title is "Risala Min Taht Almaa". The lyrics are in Modern Standard Arabic.
Song lyrics are provided for educational purposes. If you like the song, please purchase either the album or a download from an authorized source. About Abdel Halim HafezAbdel Halim Hafez was born in 1929 in a village north of Cairo. He was orphaned at a young age. His mother died a few days after giving birth to him, and his father died five years later. After a few years of living in an orphanage, he went to live with his aunt and uncle in Cairo. At age 14, he joined the Arabic Music Institute in Cairo. His big break came in 1953 when he was recruited to do a live radio performance to substitute for another artist who was unable to do it. This performance was heard by Hafez Abdel Wahab, the supervisor of musical programming for Egyptian national radio, and he opened doors for the young artist. That same year, he sang "Ahwak" in the motion picture Bayieat al-Khubz, but he did not have an acting role. Abdel Halim Hafez was known as both a singer and a movie star. His music, in particular, appealed to young women because of its romantic character. At the peak of his popularity in the 1960's, he was famous both as a singer and as a movie star. He was known as the "Dark Nightingale." |
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Lyrics
Part 1
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I had known the outcome,
I would have never begun.
Part 2
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I had known the outcome,
I would have never begun.
Part 3
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If you truly love me,
help me to escape from you.
Or, if you want to heal me,
help me to be cured of you.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I had known the outcome,
I would have never begun.
Part 4
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
Teach me how to kill
the tears within a smile.
Teach me how to kill love,
and murder my passions.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
Teach me how to kill
the tears within a smile.
Teach me how to kill love,
and murder my passions.
I imagined you being my world,
like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
and stole away my patience.
I imagined you being my world,
like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
and stole away my patience.
I imagined you being my world,
like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
and stole away my patience.
If I am truly precious to you,
then take my hand.
Because I have fallen from my head,
all the way to my feet.
If I am truly precious to you,
then take my hand.
Because I have fallen from my head,
all the way to my feet.
Because I have fallen from my head,
all the way to my feet.
Part 5
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
Teach me how to kill
the tears within a smile.
Teach me how to kill love,
and murder my passions.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
The roots of your love
From the depths.
I long for you so teach me
How to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
The roots of your love
From the depths.
Teach me how to kill
The tears within a smile.
Teach me how to kill love,
And murder my passions.
I imagined you being my world,
Like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
And stole away my patience.
I imagined you being my world,
Like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
And stole away my patience.
I imagined you being my world,
Like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
And stole away my patience.
If I am truly precious to you,
Then take my hand.
Because I have fallen from my head,
All the way to my feet.
If I am truly precious to you,
Then take my hand.
Because I have fallen from my head,
All the way to my feet.
Because I have fallen from my head,
All the way to my feet.
Part 6
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
Teach me how to kill
the tears within a smile.
Teach me how to kill love,
and murder my passions.
I long for you so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
I long for you, so teach me
how to quit longing.
Teach me how to cut
the roots of your love
from the depths.
Teach me how to kill
the tears within a smile.
Teach me how to kill love,
and murder my passions.
I imagined you being my world,
like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
and stole away my patience.
I imagined you being my world,
like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
and stole away my patience.
I imagined you being my world,
like a poem.
Then you planted wounds in my chest,
and stole away my patience.
If I am truly precious to you,
then take my hand.
Because I have fallen from my head,
all the way to my feet.
If I am truly precious to you,
then take my hand.
Because I have fallen from my head,
all the way to my feet.
Because I have fallen from my head,
all the way to my feet.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I had known the outcome,
I would have never begun.
Part 7
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
To breathe under the water.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
Drown. Drown.
And so I'll drown.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes,
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
To breathe under the water.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
Drown. Drown.
And so I'll drown.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life.
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life.
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life.
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
If you're powerful enough, pull me out
from this water.
Because I don't know how to swim.
If you're powerful enough, pull me out
from this water.
Because I don't know how to swim.
If you're powerful enough, pull me out
From this water.
Because I don't know how to swim.
If you're powerful enough, pull me out
from this water.
Because I don't know how to swim.
If you're powerful enough, pull me out
from this water.
Because I don't know how to swim.
Because I don't know how to swim.
Part 8
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I had known the outcome,
I would have never begun.
Part 9
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
To breathe under the water.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
Drown. Drown.
And so I'll drown.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
The blue waves within your eyes
call me unto the depths.
And I can't stand the lure
of love, nor do I possess the talent...
To breathe under the water.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
Drown. Drown.
And so I'll drown.
And so I'll drown.
Drown. Drown.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life...
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life...
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life.
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
To all who are present,
and all of the past,
everyone in my life...
Hear my aged voice,
aged from the depths of the ocean.
If the powerful waves end me
this very day,
I don't possess the talent of swimming.
If the powerful waves end me
this very day,
I don't possess the talent of swimming.
If the powerful waves end me
this very day,
I don't possess the talent of swimming.
If the powerful waves end me
this very day,
I don't possess the talent of swimming.
If the powerful waves end me
this very day,
I don't possess the talent of swimming.
I don't possess the talent of swimming.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I'd known that love
would be so dangerous,
I would have never loved.
If I'd known that the ocean
would be so deep,
I would have never set sail.
If I had known the outcome,
I would have never begun.
I would have never begun.
I would have never begun.
I would have never begun.
I would have never begun.
Translations of
Abdel Halim Hafez's Songs On This Site
Translations on this web site for songs performed by Abdel Halim Hafez include:
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