Thread: How do you underststand this song - En Rah Minnik Ya Ain

Here is the translation form Outi's website, but the general feeling and meaning is a bit unclear to me. How do you interpret it?


En Rah Minnik Ya Ain (Al Amoura CD from OUTI)

Even If You Go Away From My Eyes
En rah minnik ya ain
Even if you go away from my eyes
hai roh min albi feen
you never go from my heart
*Al alb yahebb marra
The heart loves only once
mahebish marriteen
it doesn't love twice

Wahyat illi garali
I swear what you did to me
ayah min gher mead
without any warning
Lasaharu el layali
I will keep him wake all night
wa harraamu al bead
and never let him get away far
Wa ataffi bi naru nari
I will make him burn from pain equal to mine
wa ghallas minnu tari
and will be happy when I see him go down

**Wala yahimmik ya ain
Don't worry my eyes
hai roh meen albi feen
he can't go away from my heart
Contunue chorus from *

Aiah yiessa aleiya
Don't be so tough with me
Aiah yinsa illi kaan
Never forget what happened between us
Lissa el layali gaya
Still there are nigths to come
wa aktar min zamaan
more than before
We yahertu wah ya welu
I'll make him nervous
winhar elsho' we lelu
both day and night
Continue chorus from **

The last sentence is different:
Al albi yahebb ashara
The heart has ten loves
mahebish bas itneen
It doesn't love only two

I love this song!

There's an earlier verse in the original song, that Outi left out of her version. You can check out an alternative translation here:
Shadya - Rah Menak Ya Ein[*]

I get two different threads from the lyrics: in verses 1 & 3, the tone feels like regret and sorrow and pain, but verse 2 (the first verse in Outi's version) is definitely angry and vindictive and vengeful.

Fathi Qoura and Mounir Mourad were a formidable team. Qoura always wrote the lyrics first and Mourad wove his magic accordingly. Some may argue that Qoura was the force behind Mourad's best work.
In his ان راح منك يا عين, Qoura writes of a how a lover, while frustrated with his/her other's actions, nevertheless extols the virtue their love. In his signature style, Qoura spends the majority of his lines in a playful pursuit (this time it's warnings of impending retributions) then lays the crux of his concern in a single line somewhere in the last verse. This time, it's: What matters to me now is what lies ahead (let's try and get it right).

As always, Shadia channels Qoura perfectly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsCZ0XZilSA

thanks for the input