Kazem El Saher Songs in English

Kazem El Saher Songs in English







Choose - I have told you to choose



I have told you to choose so choose


Between death upon my chest



Or on top of my notebooks of poetry



Choose love, or no love


For it is cowardice for you to not choose


There is no middle ground


Between heaven and hell


Throw in all your cards



And I will be satisfied with any decision


Tell me, be passionate, explode


Don't stand like a nail


It is not possible for me to remain forever



Like straw beneath the rains


Choose a fate between two


And nothing is more violent than my fates


You're exhausted and scared


And my journey is very long


Sink in the sea, or go away


There is no sea without whirlpools


Love is a big opponent



Sailing against the current



Crucifixion, torture and tears



And an exodus between the moons



Your cowardice is killing me woman!



Pull back the curtain



I do not believe in love



That does not bear the rashness of agitation



That does not break down all walls



That does not strike like a whirlwind



Ah, If your love swallows me



Pluck me out like a whirlwind


I have told you to choose so choose



Between death upon my chest



Or on top of my notebooks of poetry



Choose love, or no love



For it is cowardice for you to not choose



There is no middle ground



Between heaven and hell














May your morning be sweet



If a day ever passes and I don't remember to tell you good morning... good morning



If a day ever passes and I don't remember to tell you good morning



Don't be saddened by my absentmindedness and silence



And don't suppose that something has changed


Because when I don't say "I love"


That just means that I love you more (than the word love can express)



If you had not been sitting in front of me like a queen of perfume and alabaster for a long time



And I closed my eyes amidst your fragrances



And
I ignored the complaints of the perfumed shirt (this means if he fell
asleep while she was complaining about something i think)



Don't describe me as having dead feelings



And don't suppose that my heart has turned to stone



I love you beyond "love" but



Let me see you just as I imagine









I love You


I love you, but I fear my implication in you, my attachment to you and my oneness with you.



Experience taught me to avoid falling in love with women and the chopping waves of the seas. But I still love you


Let me fill in for you a cup of tea, you are legendarily beautiful this morning .



Let
me translate to you some of what the seats are saying to welcome you.
Let me put in words what the cups are thinking of your lips.


Did
you like the tea? You still make do with one piece of sugar like you
used to? But for me, I make do with looking at your face which needs no
sugar.


Let me say to you in all languages, those you know and those you don't know, I love no one but you.


Let me look for words that can tell how much I love you.



Let me think, miss, cry and laugh on your behalf. Let me shorten the distance between imagination and reality to nothing.


Let me call your name with all vocatives. Let me sing your name for you to be born in my lips.


Let me build a kingdom of love for you and crown you its queen, and I be its greatest lover.









I Witness


I witness no other woman could ever play it right but you.
No other woman would stand my stupidity for ten years like you did.


No other woman would stand my madness like you did.
No
other woman could clip my nails, organize my notebooks and admit me
into the kindergarten, but you are the only one who could.


I witness no other woman could ever play it right but you.
No other woman would stand my stupidity for ten years like you did.


And at time of intimacy, this woman sweeps me off like an earthquake.
And at time of intimacy, this woman sweeps me off like an earthquake.


She inflames me, drowns me, ignites me, burns me out and cuts me into half like a crescent.
She inflames me, drowns me, ignites me, burns me out and cuts me into half like a crescent.


She has occupied me the longest occupation and the loveliest occupation.


No one but you… No one but you…. No one but you.


I witness no other woman could ever play it right but you.
No other woman would stand my stupidity for ten years like you did.


You are the woman who gave me love in a very civilized way.
You are the woman who gave me love in a very civilized way.


And when you speak with me, it is as if the sound of a lyre playing.
And when you speak with me, it is as if the sound of a lyre playing.


She soars like a white dove in my mind when I think. And she flies out of my bag when I travel.
She soars like a white dove in my mind when I think. And she flies out of my bag when I travel.


She wraps me like a coat she would wrap herself with in Summer and Winter.
She wraps me like a coat she would wrap herself with in summer and winter.


You are transparent, acute, just and beautiful.
You are delicious, gorgeous, and an ever-young-woman.


I witness you are a woman around her waist all ages come together and thousands of planets orbit.


I witness no woman but you my love, on her arms, the first man and the last one was looked after.








I Made You the Arbiter


Sad and alone, torn asunder, your nerves destroyed;
Don’t hold this sadness in your breast; talk to us. We are your friends.




I made you the arbiter who decides – as you said – justly.
I considered you a friend, beloved; someone who treats me as I treat him.
I never imagined you would take advantage of me, or increase the load I must bear.
This is my fault. I left your rope too slack.


I’ve wiped away and forgiven what has passed … and forgiven you your sins.
I’m beyond the limits of patience, and you still haven’t changed your style.
My brother, your heart is a rock; you _____ the ones you love.
By God, focus on yourself; I’ve been slaughtered by your hand.


How many days have passed! Why do you stubbornly persist?
Your cruelty smothers my breast; it makes life impossible.
You see me ignoring you; when exactly are you planning to make it up to me?
By God, focus on yourself; I’ve been slaughtered by your hand.






Peace be upon you Iraq


Peace be upon you


Upon your two rivers


Iraq
of values (The word Iraq in Arabic is related to the words for roots
and veins. I'm keeping it as Iraq in the translation but know there is a
sort of double meaning going on)


You are a sanctuary, fortress and home to all nations




I pray on your behalf all the time
And wipe away from you the worries of time


My beloved, why do I see you sad?
As this pain squeezes your heart


Here glory led the way, prayed and fasted
Pilgrimaged and toured paradise (Dar el-Salaam means paradise or heaven but it is also an epithet of Iraq)
Baghdad wrote the glory of the greats
And the inkwell never went dry


Peace to the lade where presents and perfume flow
Nurtured by the blood of the martyrs
Like Hussein and those of Karbala
They went to the glory (of god) tongue and mouth (? meaning standing up for what they believe i dunno ?)


The Iraq of science and river of literature will remain a heritage for all Arabs
And remain a mother and father for glory
And a garland of love for the good of the nations


؟؟؟ and Babel
The covenant of belonging
To the cradle of civilization and the prophets
Honored with the name of the Lord of Heavan
To remain more glorious and precious knowledge







Cheb Mami and Kathim el-Saher - I'm Sitting in a Coffee House


Cheb Mami and Kathim el-Saher


Dialogue:
Cheb Mami:
Hey man, this lady drives me crazy


Kathim el-Saher:
I'm attracted to this lady


Mami:
Why do you know her? She's mine


Kathim:
Yeaaah by great God we must know her


Mami:
Kathim she's mine all mine


Kathim:
Mami, mami she's mine


I sit in a coffee house waiting for my pretty lady to come
I sit in a coffee house waiting for my pretty lady to come
I flip through the daily pages and do infantile things
I'm sitting in a coffee house, sitting in a coffee house waiting


Mami:
I flip through the daily pages and do infantile things
I sit in a coffee house, sit in a coffee house waiting
Would she be pleased to marry me?
Would my pretty lady be pleased?
My horoscope tells me about my day
My constellation rises with love and hope
It tells me of five dangers that will come to me in my honeymoon
I sit in a coffee house, sit in a coffee house waiting


Kathim:
I flip through the daily pages and do infantile things
I sit in a coffee house, sit in a coffee house waiting
In the horoscopes section I search for the constellation of love
Help me constellation of love
Reassure me oh constellation of love
Will my pretty lady come?


Mami:
In the horoscopes section I search for the constellation of love
Help me constellation of love
Reassure me oh constellation of love
Will my pretty lady come?


Repetition of lines


End dialogue


Kathim:
Mami, it's better we stay single


Mami:
By God you're right love is torture




Beirut

What is the secret my darling?
What is the secret my darling?
What is the secret oh our paradise?
What is the secret oh jewel of our days?
What is the secret the more your blossoms harmonize
What is the secret the more your blossoms harmonize
Your tyrant rains with the thorns and mines
What's the secret?
What's the secret?
What's the secret?
My darling

The secret, our Beirut
Because you are love, because you are life
Because you are the noble one of our dreams

By God oh capital of blossoms and pidgeons
By God oh capital of blossoms and pidgeons
If you don't return to freedom there will be no life in the east and no peace
If you don't return to freedom there will be no life in the east and no peace

Beirut, Beirut, Beirut

شكرا علي الموضوع
ومنتظرين عشاق كاظم الساهر يقولوا رايهم

الصديق الغالى

بروف علاء

مجهود رائع وآفكار جميلة

تحية تقدير لكل ماتقوم به من آجل تقديم

الجيد الجديد الراقى ..... ألف شكر