GHALIA BENALI – قلبي يحدثني (Qalby Yohadethony – My Heart Speaks to Me)

Ghalia Benali is a Tunisian singer, songwriter, writer, and graphic designer. Her music has been noted for its links to multiple genres and defining contemporary Arabic music. Benali’s southern Tunisian upbringing and fascination with Middle Eastern and Arab legendary artists is palpable in her music style. Wikipedia

Recorded Live at Opera Damanhoor – Egypt April 2015 by Mohamed Hassan

Video edit by Ghalia Benali Footage by Karim Al Hayawan – Cairo

قلبى يحدثنى (حسن الشافعي)

قلبي يحدثني بأنك متلفي روحي فداك عرفت أم لم تعرف ما لي سوى روحي وباذل نفسه في حب من يهواه ليس بمسرف فالعين تهوى صورة الحسن التي روحي بها تصبو إلى معنى خفي ما للنوى ذنب ومن أهوى معي إن غاب عن إنسان عيني فهو في فالوجد باق والوصال مماطلي والصبر فان واللقاء مسوفي، مسوفي

لو أن روحي في يدي ووهبتها لمبشري بقدومكم لم أنصف لا تحسبوني في الهوى متصنعا كلفي بكم خلق بغير تكلف أخفيت حبكم فأخفاني أسى حتى لعمري كدت عني أختفي وكتمته عني فلو أبديته لوجدته أخفى من اللطف الخفي فالوجد باق وَالوِصال مماطلي وَالصَبْر فَإِن وَاللِقاء مسوفي، مسوفي

غلب الهوى فأطعت أمر صبابتي من حيث فيه عصيت نهي معنفي مني له، مني له ذل الخضوع ومنه لي عز المنوع وقوة المستضعف فالوجد باق وَالوِصال مماطلي وَالصَبْر فَإِن وَاللِقاء مسوفي مسوفي، مسوفي

فالوجد باق

My Heart Speaks to Me(Hassan Al-Shafa’ay)

My heart tells me that you are my destroyer May my soul be sacrificed for you, whether you know it or not I have nothing but my spirit and the sacrifice of Himself In loving someone he loves, he is not extravagant The eye loves the image of beauty My soul yearns for a hidden meaning The intentions have no sin, and whoever loves me If a person is out of my sight, he is in me The existence remains and the connection is delayed Patience is fleeting, and meeting is a reward, a reward

If only my soul was in my hand and I gave it away I did not do justice to my good news of your arrival Do not think that I am imaginative in my passion I entrust you to create without any effort I hid your love, but my sorrow hid me Even for my life, I almost disappeared I kept it from myself, so if I had revealed it I would have found it hidden from hidden kindness The existence remains and the connection is delayed And patience, for meeting is a leveller, a leveller

Passion prevailed, so I obeyed the command of my youth From where I disobeyed the prohibition of my abuser From me to him, from me to him is the humiliation of submission, and from him to me The glory of the diverse and the strength of the underdog The existence remains and the connection is delayed And patience, for meeting is a reward Masoufi, Masoufi

The existence remains