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شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة lyrics
English: I Saw My Beloved After an Absence
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What “شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” is about
The singer encounters a former lover after a long time and is shocked to find them changed and cold. The singer reflects on their past love and the pain of seeing their beloved's indifference, vowing not to show their own sorrow. The song expresses the deep hurt of unrequited love and the realization that the beloved was never truly committed.
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شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة
Shuft khilli ba'd ghībah
I saw my beloved after an absence
شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة
Shuft khilli ba'd ghībah
I saw my beloved after an absence
شِفْتَه في حالة غريبة
Shiftoh fī ḥālah gharībah
I saw them in a strange state
شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة
Shuft khilli ba'd ghībah
I saw my beloved after an absence
شِفْتَه في حالة غريبة
Shiftoh fī ḥālah gharībah
I saw them in a strange state
ضاع مِن عَيْنَه الحَنان
Ḍā' min 'aynuh al-ḥanān
The tenderness in their eyes was lost
اللّي عِشْناه مِن زمان
Illī 'ishnāh min zamān
That we lived long ago
ضاع مِن عَيْنَه الحَنان
Ḍā' min 'aynuh al-ḥanān
The tenderness in their eyes was lost
اللّي عِشْناه مِن زماااان
Illī 'ishnāh min zamāāān
That we lived long ago
غيّروا غيري حبيبي
Ghayyarū ghayrī ḥabībī
Others changed my beloved
خَلّى حُبّي عنده هان
Khallā ḥubbī 'induh hān
They made my love cheap to them
صِرْت بَسايِر ظُنوني
Ṣirt basāyir ẓunūnī
I started to go along with my suspicions
صِرْت باحايِل عيوني
Ṣirt baḥāyil 'uyūnī
I started to coax my eyes
صِرْت بَسايِر ظُنوني
Ṣirt basāyir ẓunūnī
I started to go along with my suspicions
صِرْت باحايِل عيوني
Ṣirt baḥāyil 'uyūnī
I started to coax my eyes
صِرْت أترجّى
Ṣirt atarajjā
I started to beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
صِرْت أترجّى دموعي
Ṣirt atarajjā dumū'ī
I started to beg my tears
لا لا
Lā lā
No, no
لا لا
Lā lā
No, no
لا تبيّن له خضوعي
Lā tubayyin lah khuḍū'ī
Don't show him my submission
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—
ياما جدّدت الأماني
Yāmā jaddadt al-amānī
How many times I renewed hopes
الأماني
Al-amānī
Hopes
الأمااااني في غيابك
Al-amāāānī fī ghayābak
Hopes in your absence
وياما ردّدت الأغاني
Wa yāmā raddadt al-aghānī
And how many times I repeated songs
الأغاني
Al-aghānī
Songs
الأغاااني في عتابك
Al-aghāānī fī 'itābak
Songs in your reproach
كنت مِن شوقي إليك
Kunt min shawqī ilayk
I was from my longing for you
أحسب إنّي بين إيدك
Aḥsab innī bayn īdak
I thought I was in your hands
كنت مِن شوقي إليك
Kunt min shawqī ilayk
I was from my longing for you
أحسب إنّي بين إيدك
Aḥsab innī bayn īdak
I thought I was in your hands
ولمّا جَت عيني يا عيني عليك
Wa lammā jāt 'aynī yā 'aynī 'alayk
And when my eyes met yours, oh my eyes on you
وبانت الحيرة، الحيرة، الحيرة علييييك
Wa bānat al-ḥīrah, al-ḥīrah, al-ḥīrah 'alayyīk
And confusion, confusion, confusion appeared on you
صِرْت أترجّى
Ṣirt atarajjā
I started to beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
صِرْت أترجّى دموعي
Ṣirt atarajjā dumū'ī
I started to beg my tears
لا لا، لا لا
Lā lā, lā lā
No, no, no, no
لا تبيّن له خضوعي
Lā tubayyin lah khuḍū'ī
Don't show him my submission
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—
ياللّي ذاتك في حياتك كل شي
Yāllī dhātuk fī ḥayātuk kull shay
Oh, you whose essence in your life is everything
وياللّي جودك مِن وجودك ماهو شي
Wa yāllī jūduk min wujūduk mā huw shay
And oh, you whose generosity from your existence is nothing
ياللّي ذاتك في حياتك كل شي
Yāllī dhātuk fī ḥayātuk kull shay
Oh, you whose essence in your life is everything
وياللّي جودك مِن وجودك ماهو شي
Wa yāllī jūduk min wujūduk mā huw shay
And oh, you whose generosity from your existence is nothing
الحُب في طبعك هواية
Al-ḥubb fī ṭab'ak hawāyah
Love in your nature is a hobby
مِش مِن الحُب الأصيل
Mish min al-ḥubb al-aṣīl
Not from genuine love
والهوى
Wal-hawā
And if passion
الهوى
Al-hawā
Passion
الهوى
Al-hawā
Passion
الهوى والله الهوى
Al-hawā wallah al-hawā
Passion, by God, passion
والله الهوى
Wallah al-hawā
By God, passion
الهوى لو كان هوايا
Al-hawā law kān hawāyā
If passion were my passion
ما تخيّرتك خليل
Mā takhayyartuk khalīl
I wouldn't have chosen you as a beloved
بعد ما حقّقت آمالك
Ba'd mā ḥaqqaqt āmālak
After you achieved your hopes
شِلت طيفي مِن خيالك
Shilt ṭayfī min khayālak
You removed my image from your imagination
بعد ما حقّقت آمالك
Ba'd mā ḥaqqaqt āmālak
After you achieved your hopes
شِلت طيفي مِن خيالك
Shilt ṭayfī min khayālak
You removed my image from your imagination
ولمّا جَت عيني يا عيني عليك
Wa lammā jāt 'aynī yā 'aynī 'alayk
And when my eyes met yours, oh my eyes on you
وبانت الحيرة، الحيرة، الحيرة عليك
Wa bānat al-ḥīrah, al-ḥīrah, al-ḥīrah 'alayk
And confusion, confusion, confusion appeared on you
صِرْت أترجّى
Ṣirt atarajjā
I started to beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
صِرْت أترجّى دموعي
Ṣirt atarajjā dumū'ī
I started to beg my tears
لا لا، لا لا
Lā lā, lā lā
No, no, no, no
لا تبيّن له خضوعي
Lā tubayyin lah khuḍū'ī
Don't show him my submission
⸻
—
ما في فايدة
Mā fī fāyidah
There's no use
ما في فايدة مِن عتابي
Mā fī fāyidah min 'itābī
There's no use in my reproach
الزمن بينك وبيني
Az-zaman baynak wa baynī
Time is between you and me
لمّا تتذكّر عذابي، عذابي
Lammā tatadhakkar 'adhābī, 'adhābī
When you remember my torment, my torment
السنين بتوفّي ديني
As-sinīn bituwaffī dīnī
The years will repay my debt
ما في فايدة
Mā fī fāyidah
There's no use
ما في فايدة مِن عتابي
Mā fī fāyidah min 'itābī
There's no use in my reproach
الزمن بينك وبيني
Az-zaman baynak wa baynī
Time is between you and me
لمّا تتذكّر عذابي، عذابي
Lammā tatadhakkar 'adhābī, 'adhābī
When you remember my torment, my torment
السنين بتوفّي ديني
As-sinīn bituwaffī dīnī
The years will repay my debt
واللّي حبيته يملك اللّي حبيته
Wallī ḥabbaytuh yamlik illī ḥabbaytuh
And what I loved, you possess what I loved
واللّي عزيته يذلك اللّي عزيته
Wallī 'azzaytuh yadhilluk illī 'azzaytuh
And what I cherished, you humiliate what I cherished
واللّي حبيته يملك اللّي حبيته
Wallī ḥabbaytuh yamlik illī ḥabbaytuh
And what I loved, you possess what I loved
واللّي عزيته يذلك اللّي عزيته
Wallī 'azzaytuh yadhilluk illī 'azzaytuh
And what I cherished, you humiliate what I cherished
تفتكر حبّي معاك
Taftakir ḥubbī ma'āk
You will remember my love with you
تفتكر أيام صفاك
Taftakir ayyām ṣafāk
You will remember your days of purity
تشتكي لي
Tashtakī lī
You will complain to me
تشتكي لي
Tashtakī lī
You will complain to me
تشتكي لي مِن آسااااااك
Tashtakī lī min asāāāāk
You will complain to me of your sorrow
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—
شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة
Shuft khilli ba'd ghībah
I saw my beloved after an absence
شِفْتَه في حالة غريبة
Shiftoh fī ḥālah gharībah
I saw them in a strange state
شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة
Shuft khilli ba'd ghībah
I saw my beloved after an absence
شِفْتَه في حالة غريبة
Shiftoh fī ḥālah gharībah
I saw them in a strange state
ضاع مِن عَيْنَه الحَنان
Ḍā' min 'aynuh al-ḥanān
The tenderness in their eyes was lost
اللّي عِشْناه مِن زمان
Illī 'ishnāh min zamān
That we lived long ago
ضاع مِن عَيْنَه الحَنان
Ḍā' min 'aynuh al-ḥanān
The tenderness in their eyes was lost
اللّي عِشْناه مِن زمان
Illī 'ishnāh min zamān
That we lived long ago
غيّروا غيري حبيبي
Ghayyarū ghayrī ḥabībī
Others changed my beloved
خَلّى حُبّي عنده هان
Khallā ḥubbī 'induh hān
They made my love cheap to them
صِرْت بَسايِر ظُنوني
Ṣirt basāyir ẓunūnī
I started to go along with my suspicions
صِرْت باحايِل عيوني
Ṣirt baḥāyil 'uyūnī
I started to coax my eyes
صِرْت بَسايِر ظُنوني
Ṣirt basāyir ẓunūnī
I started to go along with my suspicions
صِرْت باحايِل عيوني
Ṣirt baḥāyil 'uyūnī
I started to coax my eyes
صِرْت أترجّى
Ṣirt atarajjā
I started to beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
وأترجّى
Wa atarajjā
And beg
صِرْت أترجّى دموعي
Ṣirt atarajjā dumū'ī
I started to beg my tears
لا لا، لا لا
Lā lā, lā lā
No, no, no, no
لا تبيّن له خضوعي
Lā tubayyin lah khuḍū'ī
Don't show him my submission
Lines explained
“ضاع مِن عَيْنَه الحَنان”
Ḍā' min 'aynuh al-ḥanān
The tenderness in their eyes was lost
The singer notes the absence of 'tenderness' (al-ḥanān) in the beloved's eyes, indicating a profound change in their emotional state and their feelings towards the singer.
“خَلّى حُبّي عنده هان”
Khallā ḥubbī 'induh hān
They made my love cheap to them
This line expresses the painful realization that the beloved no longer values the singer's love, implying it has become insignificant or 'cheap' to them.
“لا تبيّن له خضوعي”
Lā tubayyin lah khuḍū'ī
Don't show him my submission
The singer resolves not to show their vulnerability or 'submission' to the beloved, despite their inner turmoil, maintaining a sense of pride amidst the heartbreak.
Arabic words from this song
Learning Arabic? These words come straight from the lyrics.
- خِلّيkhilli
- my beloved
- غِيبَةghībah
- absence
- حَنانḥanān
- tenderness, affection
- ظُنونيẓunūnī
- my suspicions, my thoughts
- أترجّىatarajjā
- I beg, I plead
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“شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” is an Arabic song with a romantic, emotional and nostalgic feel, made by a SongUp AI listener with SongUp AI.
You can hear violin, orchestra, flute and oud.
The lyrics run to 112 sung lines. They were typed in by the person who made it, and SongUp AI sang them as written. What you hear is the free 30-second preview, made on ; it is one of 783 Arabic previews on SongUp AI.
The idea it was sung from
Classic Saudi Khaleeji Tarab, warm deep mature male vocals, rich emotional Arabic singing, nostalgic romantic heartbreak, slow to mid tempo, expressive vocal ornaments, long sustained notes, melismatic singing, authentic Hijazi and Gulf pronunciation, traditional oud, lush violins, soft ney flute, elegant Arabic orchestral arrangement, vintage 1980s Gulf music production, dramatic emotional chorus
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What does “شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” mean in English?
“شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” means “I Saw My Beloved After an Absence” in English.
What is “شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” about?
The singer encounters a former lover after a long time and is shocked to find them changed and cold. The singer reflects on their past love and the pain of seeing their beloved's indifference, vowing not to show their own sorrow. The song expresses the deep hurt of unrequited love and the realization that the beloved was never truly committed.
Is there an English translation of the “شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” lyrics?
Yes. Every line of “شُفت خِلّي بَعْد غِيبَة” is translated into English on this page, and each Arabic line is also written in Roman letters so you can sing along. The translation was written by AI to help you follow the song, so a few lines may lose some nuance.
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