“Ya Rayt” [if only] by Malek El Yaman & Mike Massy

Bravo, and thank you, to the great Lebanese and Romanian artists featured in this post for their BEAUTIFUL performance!

All the names of these artists, which appear below, were taken from the description of the Youtube video of the “Ya Rayt” song. The latter is followed by the lyrics, first in Arabic and then in English.

For those who do not understand the lyrics in the beautiful Arabic language, from the Youtube post below, we learn the following: “This is a love song lamenting the events that occurred on a fateful day between two lovers, changing the course of their relationship. They wish that day to be undone, clinging to the idea that with love there is always hope and salvation”.

“Vocals: Mike Massy

Lyrics by: Ghida El Yaman

Music Composed by: Malek El Yaman

Orchestration and Piano by: Lucas Sakr

Performed by: Bucharest Studio Orchestra

Conductor: Alexandru Moraru

Strings Recording by: Andrei Barbu

Vocal Recording, Mixing and Mastering by: Ralph Sleiman

Director of Photography: Catalin Fatu

Camera Operators: Catalin Fatu, George Ionascu, Florin Hatmanu

Editing by: Sary Asmar

Produced by: Malek El Yaman

Lyrics in Arabic (English follows):

يا ريت فينا ننسى شو قلنا وشو اللي صار

بيناتنا يا عمري ونمحي من العمر نهار..

زعلنا وبكينا تفارقنا وقسينا

والقسا بير كبير معذّبتو الأسرار

بسّ قالو إنّو الحبّ أقوى من الدّني

وقادر إنّو يرجّعنا لعمر الولدني

يا ريت فينا ننسى شو قلنا وشو اللي صار

بيناتنا يا عمري تا نكمّل المشوار

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يا ريت فينا ننسى شو قلنا وشو اللي صار

بيناتنا يا عمري ونمحي من العمر نهار..

من كلمة تجافينا وضاقت فينا الدّني

ومن كتر ما توجّعنا صار العمر ختيار

بتعرف إنّي بلاك ما بشبه أنا حالي

ومن دونك يا أنا عم ينطفي خيالي

بدّي تبقى حبيبي ورفيقي شو ما صار

خلّينا يا حبيبي نخبّي الحزن تذكار…

يا ريت فينا ننسى شو قلنا وشو اللي صار

بيناتنا يا عمري ونمحي من العمر نهار..

Lyrics in English:

If only we could forget

What we said and what happened

Between us, my love,

And erase a day from our lives

We fought,

We cried

We drifted apart,

Our souls hardened like stone

And separation is a deep, deep well

Tortured by all its secrets

But they say that love is stronger than the world

That it can bring us back to our young selves

…If only we could forget

What we said and what happened

Between us, my love,

So we can keep on going

If only we could forget

What we said and what happened

Between us, my love,

And erase a day from our lives

A single word tore us apart

And the world became so small

And with all that pain,

We suddenly grew old

You know, without you,

I don’t resemble myself

And without you, my love,

My shadow is dying

I want you to be my sweetheart, my friend,

No matter what

Let’s just hide sorrow,

Like a memory, a souvenir

If only we could forget

What we said and what happened

Between us, my love,

And erase a day from our lives”.

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