Sing an Arabic Love Ballad with the King of Romance Posted by jesa on May 13, 2017 in Arabic Language, Culture
Marhaba! Today I want to introduce you to a famous Lebanese singer, Wael Kfoury (وائل كفوري)! He is a young and well-known voice in the Arabic-pop scene, and he is mostly known for his love ballads and is often called the king of romance. Wael first started his singing career in the mid-1990s and has since produced more than 15 albums. Today we are going to listen to one of his love ballads, ‘لو حبنا غلطة’ Law Hubna Ghalta, which translates to If Our Love Was A Mistake. I have added the song in the form of a YouTube video. I have also added the lyrics in Arabic so that you can follow and sing with Wael, and translated them to English so that you can learn what these beautiful lyrics mean.
وائل كفوري – لو حبنا غلطة
Wael Kfoury- If Our Love Was a Mistake
https://youtu.be/iBf9XlwoiPU
لو حبنا غلطة
If our love was a mistake
تركنا غلطانين
Let us be wrong
ما زال عشقانين
Since we’re in love
مع بعض مرتاحين
Comfortable with each other
مين اللي قلك مين
Who told you, who
عن حبنا غلطة
That our love is a mistake
مش هاممني الدني كلا وانت حدي
I don’t care about the world when you are beside me
مش همي هني شو بدهن
I don’t care what they want
بعرف شو بدي
I know what I want
بدي حبك أكتر بعد
I want to love you more
بدي أعطي عيونك وعد
I want to promise your eyes
رح نبقى دايماً لبعض
We will always stay together
لولا بكره تركنا بعض
If we leave each other tomorrow
هي أكبر غلطة
This would be the biggest mistake
مكتوب علينا نشتاق
We’re meant to miss
للحب الهني
The joyful love
تيخلص عمر الأشواق
Till the life of longing ends
تتفنى الدني
Till the world comes to an end
بدي حبك أكتر بعد
I want to love you more
بدي أعطي عيونك وعد
I want to promise your eyes
رح نبقى دايماً لبعض
We will always stay together
لولا بكره تركنا بعض
If we leave each other tomorrow
هي أكبر غلطة
This would be the biggest mistake
لو حبنا غلطة
If our love was a mistake
تركنا غلطانين
Let us be wrong
ما زال عشقانين
Since we’re in love
مع بعض مرتاحين
Comfortable with each other
مين اللي قلك مين
Who told you, who
عن حبنا غلطة
That our love is a mistake
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About the Author: jesa
Salam everyone! Born as an American to two originally Arab parents, I have been raised and have spent most of my life in Beirut, Lebanon. I have lived my good times and my bad times in Beirut. I was but a young child when I had to learn to share my toys and food with others as we hid from bombs and fighting during the Lebanese Civil War. I feel my connection to Arabic as both a language and culture is severing and so it is with you, my readers and fellow Arabic lovers, and through you that I wish to reestablish this connection by creating one for you.