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إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟ lyrics
English: If I was your beloved... what did you do to make me stay?
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What “إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” is about
A woman responds to her former lover's song, in which he laments her departure. She explains that she left not because she stopped loving him, but because he neglected her and created a cold, unsupportive environment. She asserts that she will not return, despite his current expressions of longing, because he did nothing to keep her when she was there.
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Intro]
[Intro]
(عود حزين، صوت أنثوي هامس) · Sad oud, whispering female voice
سمعتُ أغنيتَكْ...
I heard your song...
وها أنا أُجيبْ
Wa hā anā ujīb
And here I am, responding
[Verse 1]
سمعتُكَ تشدو: حبيبتي صارتْ غريبةْ
I heard you singing: My beloved has become a stranger
وتسألُ كيفَ تُنسى الليالي الحبيبةْ
And you ask how the beloved nights can be forgotten
فيا مَن يُغنّي على قبرِ حُبٍّ دفنتَهْ
Oh, you who sings over the grave of a love you buried
بكفّيكَ... ثمَّ جلستَ تبكي نحيبَهْ
Bi kaffayka... thumma jalasta tabkī naḥībah
With your own hands... then sat crying over its lament
[Verse 2]
أنا ما رحلتُ لأنّي مَلَلتُ هواكْ
Anā mā raḥaltu li-annī malaltu hawāk
I didn't leave because I grew tired of your love
ولا لأنَّ القلبَ يومًا جفاكْ
Wa lā li-anna al-qalba yawman jafāk
Nor because my heart ever shunned you
ولكنْ وجدتُ يدي في الظلامِ وحيدةً
Wa lākin wajadtu yadī fī al-ẓalāmi waḥīdah
But I found my hand alone in the darkness
تُفتّشُ عنكَ... وأينَ تُرى يداكْ؟
Searching for you... and where, I wonder, were your hands?
[Pre-Chorus]
زرعتَ الصقيعَ بحقلِ الهوى
You planted frost in the field of love
وتعجبُ كيفَ ذوى... كيفَ انطوى!
And you wonder how it withered... how it folded!
[Chorus]
إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟
If I was your beloved... what did you do to make me stay?
أكنتَ ضياءً لليلي... أمِ الليلَ الأشقى؟
Were you a light for my night... or the most wretched night?
فعلتَ الكثيرَ... ولكنْ لتُبعدَني
You did a lot... but to push me away
وحينَ رحلتُ... ما مددتَ يدًا لتُبقي
Wa ḥīna raḥaltu... mā madadta yadan li-tubqī
And when I left... you didn't extend a hand to keep me
[Verse 3]
فكمْ ليلةٍ نمتُ والدمعُ فوقَ الوسادةْ
How many nights I slept with tears on the pillow
أُخبّئُ جرحي، وأرسمُ وجهَ السعادةْ
Hiding my wound, and painting a face of happiness
وكمْ قلتُ: لا تتركِ القلبَ للبردِ وحدَهْ
Wa kam qultu: Lā tatruki al-qalba li-l-bardi waḥdah
And how many times I said: Don't leave the heart alone in the cold
فكانَ جوابُكَ صمتًا... وصارَ الصمتُ عادةْ
Your answer was silence... and silence became a habit
[Pre-Chorus]
زرعتَ الصقيعَ بحقلِ الهوى
You planted frost in the field of love
وتعجبُ كيفَ ذوى... كيفَ انطوى!
And you wonder how it withered... how it folded!
[Chorus]
إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟
If I was your beloved... what did you do to make me stay?
أكنتَ ضياءً لليلي... أمِ الليلَ الأشقى؟
Were you a light for my night... or the most wretched night?
فعلتَ الكثيرَ... ولكنْ لتُبعدَني
You did a lot... but to push me away
وحينَ رحلتُ... ما مددتَ يدًا لتُبقي
Wa ḥīna raḥaltu... mā madadtá yadan li-tubqī
And when I left... you didn't extend a hand to keep me
[Bridge]
(بهدوء، شبه همس) · Quietly, almost a whisper
أحببتُكَ حتّى نسيتُ نفسي...
Aḥbabtuka ḥattá nasītu nafsī...
I loved you until I forgot myself...
فلمّا نسيتُها... نسيتَني أنتْ
Fa lammā nasītuhā... nasītanī anta
And when I forgot her... you forgot me
(يتصاعد الصوت) · Voice rises
وتقولُ إنّي ما زلتُ في موجتِكْ
Wa taqūlu innī mā ziltu fī mawjatika
And you say I am still in your wave
وإنَّ اسمي يُضيءُ سماءَ ليلتِكْ
And that my name illuminates the sky of your night
نعمْ... قد أمرُّ بها نسمةً عابرةً
Yes... I may pass through it like a fleeting breeze
لكنّني لنْ أعودَ حكايةً في دفترِكْ
But I will not return as a story in your notebook
[Final Chorus]
فلا تبكِ على امرأةٍ أضعتَها بيدَيْكْ
So do not cry over a woman you lost with your own hands
فالدمعُ لا يُرجِعُ مَن هانَ عليكْ
For tears do not bring back one who became worthless to you
إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟
If I was your beloved... what did you do to make me stay?
وحينَ رحلتُ... ما مددتَ يدًا لتُبقي
Wa ḥīna raḥaltu... mā madadtá yadan li-tubqī
And when I left... you didn't extend a hand to keep me
[Outro]
(بصوت مكسور) · With a broken voice
كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... نعمْ
I was your beloved... yes
لكنّكَ ما كنتَ يومًا...
Lākinaka mā kunta yawman...
But you were never...
حبيبي
Ḥabībī
My beloved
Lines explained
“فيا مَن يُغنّي على قبرِ حُبٍّ دفنتَهْ”
Oh, you who sings over the grave of a love you buried
This line uses a powerful metaphor, accusing the former lover of being the one who 'buried' the love, implying he was responsible for its demise, even as he now mourns it.
“زرعتَ الصقيعَ بحقلِ الهوى”
You planted frost in the field of love
The image of 'planting frost in the field of love' vividly conveys how his actions (or inactions) killed the warmth and vitality of their relationship, leading to its 'withering' and 'folding'.
“إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟”
If I was your beloved... what did you do to make me stay?
This rhetorical question is the central theme of the song, directly challenging the ex-lover's lament by highlighting his lack of effort to maintain the relationship.
Arabic words from this song
Learning Arabic? These words come straight from the lyrics.
- تشدوtashdū
- you sing/chant
- دفنتَهdafantaḥ
- you buried it
- الصقيع
- frost
- ذوىdhawá
- it withered/faded
- الوسادةal-wisādah
- pillow
About this recording
“إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” is an Arabic song with a emotional and powerful feel, made by a SongUp AI listener with SongUp AI.
You can hear piano, violin and oud.
The lyrics run to 40 sung lines, written as 3 verses, 2 pre-choruss, a chorus, a bridge and an outro. 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 576 Arabic previews on SongUp AI.
The idea it was sung from
Arabic emotional ballad, female vocals, Classical Arabic, heartbroken, oud, violin, piano, slow build, soft whisper bridge, powerful climax
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What does “إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” mean in English?
“إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” means “If I was your beloved... what did you do to make me stay?” in English.
What is “إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” about?
A woman responds to her former lover's song, in which he laments her departure. She explains that she left not because she stopped loving him, but because he neglected her and created a cold, unsupportive environment. She asserts that she will not return, despite his current expressions of longing, because he did nothing to keep her when she was there.
Is there an English translation of the “إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” lyrics?
Yes. Every line of “إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟” 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.
Who wrote the lyrics of “إنْ كنتُ حبيبتَكَ... فماذا صنعتَ لأبقى؟”?
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