مفيش طعم الشوق والحنين lyrics

الغربة كدابة

Al-ghurba kaddaba

Expatriation is a liar

ياسنين البعد والفراق

Ya sneen al-bu'd wal-firaq

Oh, years of distance and separation

الغربه دقت على كل الابواب

Al-ghurba daqqat 'ala kull al-abwab

Expatriation knocked on all doors

خدت كل عزيز وغالى

Khaddat kull 'aziz wa ghali

It took every dear and precious one

اه عليكى ياغربه

Ah 'alayki ya ghurba

Oh, woe to you, expatriation

علمتنى اكون وسط اهلى غريب

'Allamtini akoun wasat ahli gharib

You taught me to be a stranger among my family

يا غربتى وانا بين الاحباب وحيد

Ya ghurbati wa ana bayn al-ahbab wahid

Oh, my expatriation, while I am alone among loved ones

رسمت على

Rasamt 'ala

You drew on

الوشى

al-wish

the face

البسمه

al-basma

a smile

وتضحكه

wa tadhaka

and laughter

فى وش الغريب

fi wish al-gharib

in the face of a stranger

حضنكى قاسى وانا اللى كنت فاكر

Hudnaki qasi wa ana illi kunt fakir

Your embrace is harsh, and I thought

هلقى فيك الحنين

Halqa feeki al-hanin

I would find tenderness in you

نفس ضاقت وشلت هم فوق همى

Nafs daqat wa shalat hamm fawq hammi

A soul suffocated and carried sorrow upon sorrow

وشيلتني حمل على كتفي تقيل

Wa shiltini haml 'ala katfi taqil

And you made me carry a heavy burden on my shoulder

كنت راسم القى فيكى حلمى

Kunt rasim alqa feeki hilmi

I was dreaming of finding my dream in you

ياغربة سنين

Ya ghurbat sneen

Oh, years of expatriation

بس ياخساره

Bas ya khasara

But what a shame

شيلتيني فى البعد

Shiltini fil bu'd

You made me carry in the distance

الطين

al-teen

mud

لقيت فرشى حصير... والحاف بارد.

Laqayt farshi haseer... wal-lihaf barid.

I found my bed a mat... and a cold blanket.

مش دافى.. والواحد فيكى حزين

Mish dafi... wal-wahid feeki hazin

Not warm... and one is sad in you

ياغربة سنين

Ya ghurbat sneen

Oh, years of expatriation

مفيش طعم الشوق والحنين

Mafeesh ta'm al-shawq wal-hanin

There's no taste of longing and nostalgia

بجبر

Bajbur

I force myself

واحوش تعب سنين

Wa hawish ta'ab sneen

and save years of toil

وفرحتى قلبى لما اعيش وسط اهلى سعيد..

Wa farhati qalbi lamma a'ish wasat ahli sa'eed...

And the joy of my heart when I live happily among my family...

كدابه ياغربه...

Kaddaba ya ghurba...

You are a liar, expatriation...

وفرشك قاسى

Wa farshik qasi

And your bed is harsh

خلتني وسط اهلى غريب

Khallatni wasat ahli gharib

You made me a stranger among my family

ياغربة سنين

Ya ghurbat sneen

Oh, years of expatriation

انا مش هنكر انى رسمت فيكى الامل

Ana mish hankar inni rasamt feeki al-amal

I won't deny that I drew hope in you

وفيكى طموح

Wa feeki tumuh

And in you, ambition

شايل ومحمل الرجوع.

Shayil wa mhammil al-ruju'.

Carrying and loaded with return.

رسمت البتسامه.. وقولت خلاص

Rasamt al-ibtisama... wa qult khalas

I drew a smile... and said, 'That's it,'

هعيش سعيد ومبسوط

Ha'eesh sa'eed wa mabsoot

I will live happy and content

ورميت دنيا وراى طهرى

Wa rameet dunya waray dahri

And I threw the world behind my back

وجريت عليكى ذى المجنون

Wa gareet 'alayki zay al-magnoun

And ran to you like a madman

يا غربة سنين

Ya ghurbat sneen

Oh, years of expatriation

اول سنه فرحه

Awwal sana farha

First year, joy

وتانى سنه قلب حزين

Wa tani sana qalb hazin

And second year, a sad heart

وثالت سنه العمر بيجرى بينا

Wa talet sana al-'umr biyigri bina

And third year, life runs past us

ورابع سنه.. سرقتى منا اجمل السنين

Wa rabe' sana... saraqti minna ajmal al-sneen

And fourth year... you stole the most beautiful years from us

ونست اهلى والناسى نسيت بلدى

Wa naseet ahli wal-nasi naseet baladi

And I forgot my family and people, I forgot my country

وقلب قاسى مفهوش البلدى حنين

Wa qalb qasi mafeehush al-baladi hanin

And a hardened heart has no tenderness for the country

ياغربة سنين

Ya ghurbat sneen

Oh, years of expatriation

ياه عليكى اغربه

Yah 'alayki ya ghurba

Oh, woe to you, expatriation

هدتى الحيل

Haddeti al-hayl

You broke strength

ونشفت قلوب المحبين

Wa nashafat quloub al-muhibbin

And dried the hearts of lovers

وقست علينا

Wa qasit 'alayna

And you were harsh on us

بسبك سنين

Bisabak sneen

Because of you, years passed

الغربه كدابه

Al-ghurba kaddaba

Expatriation is a liar

سرقت مننا اجمل السنين

Saraqat minna ajmal al-sneen

It stole the most beautiful years from us

بضحكه باهت بضحكه غشاشه

Bi dahka bahita bi dahka ghashasha

With a faded smile, with a deceitful smile

رشقت فى قلب المتغربين

Rashaqa fi qalb al-mutagharribin

It pierced the hearts of those living abroad