Today’s post is about a song from Libyan Folklore. It’s called وَعْيُوني سَهًارى, which means ‘And my eyes are wide awake’. The version of the song we’re studying today is a ‘modernised’ version نُسْخَة حَدِيثَة of the older version of the song, which was performed by a Libyan singer, called Salaam Qadri سلام قدري. The version we’re studying today is performed by the Libyan singer: الشّاب جيلاني Es-shab Jeelany. The ‘Shab’ bit of the name is a nickname that many Northern African singers use before this first name/ surname. It means ‘The young man’. Some famous singers who have this title are: Cheb Khaled &. Cheb Faudel – from Algeria.

 

Let’s now watch the clip and listen to the song >>

 

 

Lyrics كلمات الأغنية: 

 

وعيوني سهارى

And my eyes are wide awake

 

هايم بيك

I adore you

 

وعيوني، وعيوني سهارى

And my eyes, my eyes are wide awake

 

هايم بيك، والله

I adore you, I swear

 

وعيوني سهارى

And my eyes are wide awake

 

قلبي معاه

My heart with him

 

متولع، متولع بناره

is attached to, attached to his fire

 

هايم بيك، والله

هو وسط قلبي

He is in the centre of my heart

 

ما يدريش ما يدريش

doesn’t know, doesn’t know

 

بحبه المخبي

of his hidden love

 

ونبّي نبوح

And I want to show/ confess

 

ولّا نبوح

 or to show/ confess

 

خايف ما يلبي

I’m afraid he won’t respond/ accommodate

 

خايف ما يلبّي

I’m afraid he won’t respond/ accommodate

 

يزيد الشوق، يزيد الشوق

The longing increases, the longing increases

 

وعذابه مراره

And his torture is bitterness

 

هايم بيك، هايم بيك

I adore you, I adore you

 

وعيوني سهارى

And my eyes are wide awake

 

هو اللي في بالي

He is the one on my mind

 

 طيفه دوم، طيفه دوم

His wraith (ghost) always, his wraith (ghost) always

 

 ما فارق خيالي

never left my imagination

 

 وبنشاكيه، بنشاكيه

And I am to complain to him, to complain to him

 

ونحاكيه بحالي

and tell him about my state

 

ونحاكيه بحالي

and tell him about my state

 

لقيته صعيب، والله صعيب

I realised it’s difficult, indeed difficult

 

ما عرفتش دياره

I didn’t know his place

 

هايم بيك، هايم بيك

I adore you, I adore you

 

وعيوني سهارى

And my eyes are wide awake