Arabic for Bellydancers - Lazem Tesma'a

my eye [and] your eye (looking at you), and the longing filling you

leh betekhebi, wa ana 7aases biik

why are you hiding, and I feel you (figurative, as in "you touch me")

2rreb 3ndi, kelaam ketir

come close to me, [there's] a lot of talking (speaking)

dah min enesma, 3leik beghir

it's from the wind (breeze), I'm jealous about you*

roo7i wa 2elbi, doul melek ideik

my soul and my heart, they are yours [in] your hands

ya 7abib lo teghib betzid naari

oh darling if you were absent (if you left) my fire would increase

wa leyli ya leyli ya leyl, leyli ya leyli ya 3in, leyli ya leyli ya leyl

and my night oh my night oh night, my night oh my night oh eye, my night oh my night oh night

emta 7abibi targi3, 2rreb lazem tesm3

my darling when are you coming back (returning), come close, you must hear

emta 7abibi targi3, 2rreb lazem tesm3

my darling when are you coming back (returning), come close, you must hear

ana ma2darsh teb3id, 7ata wa lo thewaani

I can't (am unable) [to do anything when] you are far away, even for [a few] seconds

t3aali warii7 baali, enta 7aalek 7aali

come and comfort my mind, [so that] your status (situation) [is] my status (situation)**

t3aali warii7 baali, enta 7aalek 7aali

come and comfort my mind, [so that] your status (situation) [is] my status (situation)**

Notes:

3 = ع aiyn

2 = ء hamza (guttural stop)

7 = ح Haa

kh = خ khaa

gh = غ ghayn

*Things like "I'll dye for you"or "I melt for you" are obvious ways to say that you're into someone, but so is "I'm jealous about you"بغير عليك or بغار عليك (bigheer 3leik or bighaar 3leik). It doesn't mean that you're jealous in the traditional sense (the bad way), or jealous of that person, but rather that you care about them so much that you "have jealous tendencies", so to speak.

حال

(7aal): condition, state, situation, attitude, status, circumstance, ...

Obviously, the most common place to find this word is in a question we may hear quite often: كيف حالك؟ (kaif 7aalek/7aalak), or "How are you?" So, using that as a basis, we can understand him saying انت حالك حالي (enta 7aalek 7aali) to mean that they will feel the same (have the same "status") because they will be together and they will know how each other is doing all the time.

The following pages were used as a helpful aid: http://www.mawuood.com/mp3/mp3_lyric.php?id=559&lyric=, http://allthelyrics.ee/forum/arabic-lyrics-translation/84792-ehab-tawfik-new-album-lazem-tesma3.html (to be honest, this particular translation was absolutely fantastic, so props to LoOyla...made my job very easy)

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