#fairuz

[lonelyvampx]

𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒚

[etretesyeux]

فيروز* – في سان فرانسيسكو = In San Francisco, 1972

[garadinervi]

Fairuz with Ziad Rahbani, early 1980s [«The Brooklyn Rail». Photo courtesy of WeWantSounds]

[tinyuglyworld]

Lebanese singer Fairuz (Noshed Haddad) wearing traditional Syrian clothing, 1961

[bull3tpr00fs0ul]

[occidentalist]

يا بدرُ أنا السّببُ، أحببتُ بِلا أملِ

Ahwak(أهواكَ) by Fairuz x Che Guevara

Translated lyrics 4 the anglophones under the cut. For @homonational

At night, I wait

And my sleeplessness does lengthen

And so the moon asks of me

“Beautiful one, what is wrong?”

And I reply, my heart orphaned by love,

“O full moon, I am to blame,

for I have loved hopelessly.”

I adore you,

I adore you,

I adore you hopelessly.

And your eyes,

And your eyes smile for me,

And your roses tempt me with the craving of kisses,

And your roses tempt me with the craving¹ of kisses

1. The Arabic word used in this lyric, ‘شهيات ,’ is a plural noun with a versatile meaning that I could not for the life of me directly translate into English. Its meaning can span hunger, desire, appetite, yearning, lust, etc. U get it.

[ilyapricot]

وَعِرفُوا إِنّك حَبيبِيٌّ

Ya Ana Ya Ana(يا أنا يا أنا) by Fairuz x Hollanov

Translated lyrics 4 the anglophones under the cut.

O me, O me, I and thou,

we have lived the strangest stories.

O me, O me, I and thou,

and my love-letters were stolen.

And they knew then thou wast my lover,

They knew then thou wast my lover.

[cinnamonwiss]

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