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”.
