Haollak Eih by Moustafa Amar
Haollak Eih (حقولك ايه) by Egyptian singer and actor Moustafa Amar is the sort of repetitive and catchy song that’s ideal to learn from. And, when it comes to love songs with an earworm of a hook, Moustafa Amar is an expert. This throwback is ripe with the feelings and tropes of a lover who has been abandoned and is having a hard time coming to terms with it. There’s also the added tension that people seem to have been gossiping about Moustafa to his ex. Haollak Eih has some excellent dramatic vocabulary, so let’s dive in!
Translation by Fi Kalam, edited by Saeed Alaktaa
ايه ح قولّك ايه واعدلك ايه
What, what should I tell you? What should I repeat?
بحبك يا حبيبي
I love you my love
اه بدوب في هواك وعمري فداك
Yes, I would dissolve in your wind and I’d give my life for you
ومش حانساك حبيبي
I won’t forget you my love
2X
ليه بتبعد ليه قالولك ايه قللي وطمّني
Why are you distant? What did they tell you? Tell me, reassure me
اه من الايام والله حرام تبقى بعيد عني
Oh, it’s been days! What a shame you remain far from me
ايه ح قولّك ايه واعدلك ايه
What, what should I tell you? What should I repeat?
بحبك يا حبيبي
I love you my love
حبيبي وانت بعيد عني
My love, while you’re far from me
بعيد عني جرحوني
Far from me and they wound me
وقالوا ياما كلام عني
They said so many things about me
ماهوش مني ظلموني
That’s not me, they wronged me
2X
ليه بتبعد ليه قالولك ايه قللي وطمّني
Why are you distant? What did they tell you? Tell me, reassure me
اه من الايام والله حرام تبقى بعيد عني
Oh, it’s been days! What a shame you remain far from me
ايه ح قولّك ايه واعدلك ايه
What, what should I tell you? What should I repeat?
بحبك يا حبيبي
I love you my love
اه بدوب في هواك وعمري فداك
I dissolve in your wind and I’d give my life for you
ومش حانساك حبيبي
I won’t forget you my love
حبيبي لو ترجع ثانيه
My love, if you come back for a second
القى الدنيا تناديني
I’ll find the world calling me
اللي جرالي ياما من بعدك
Oh, what this distance from you has done to me!
ومن بعدك يداويني
Who but you can cure me?
2X
ليه بتبعد ليه قالولك ايه قللي وطمّني
Why are you distant? What did they tell you? Tell me, reassure me
اه من الايام والله حرام تبقى بعيد عني
Oh, it’s been days! What a shame you remain far from me
ايه ح قولّك ايه واعدلك ايه
What, what should I tell you? What should I repeat?
بحبك يا حبيبي
I love you my love
اه بدوب في هواك وعمري فداك
I dissolve in your wind and I’d give my life for you
ومش حانساك حبيبي
I won’t forget you my love
Vocabulary / مفردات
بذوب (ذاب)
I would dissolve; I would melt
Adding the و here changes it from “I dissolve” to the hypothetical “I would dissolve”. For another example of this verb structure, take a look and listen to the song Shim el Yasmine by Mashou’ Leila
فدى / يفدي
To sacrifice / he sacrifices
بعيد عني
Far from me
The Arabic preposition عن is oftentimes translated to “on” or “about” in English but it’s used with the preposition بعيد to mean far “from” someone or something
This phrase can also be used as a command to tell someone “ابعد عني” meaning “get away from me”
ظلم
An injustice; to wrong [someone]
تنادي (ندى)
She calls; she calls out
ياما
This word can mean a few different things, depending on the situation. Here it’s used as an emphasizing phrase and a kind of “oh my goodness”.
For another example of this phrase in context, listen to and read the lyrics of “Emta Njawzak Yamma” by DAM
يداو (دواء)
They cure; they heal
