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سألوني الناس - الأخوين رحباني

كلمات: منصور الرحباني

ألحان : زياد الرّحباني
سألوني الناس عنك يا حبيبي
كتبوا المكاتيب و أخدها الهوا
بيعز عليي غني يا حبيبي
و لأول مرة ما منكون سوا
سألوني الناس عنك سألوني
قلتلهم راجع أوعى تلوموني
غمضت عيوني خوفي لا الناس
يشوفوك مخبى بعيوني
و هب الهوى و ما كان الهوى
لأول مرة ما منكون سوا
طل من الليل قلي ضويلي
لاقاني الليل و طفى قناديلي
و لا تسأليني كيف إستهديت
كان قلبي لعندك دليلي
و اللي اكتوى بالشوق اكتوى
لأول مرة ما منكون سوا
 

And The crowd asked me about you my love

The Letters they wrote were taken by the wind

How hard it is for me to sing my love

and for the first time we are not together

The Crowd asked me , they asked where you were

I told them he is coming back , do not blame me

and I closed my eyes I was afraid they might see you

Hidden inside my eyes

and the wind blew , it was not the wind only

For the first time we are not together

He came from the night , he said shine for me

The night came and put down my lamps

Do not ask me how I found the way

My heart was leading me towards you

with a fervent desire , burning as I miss you

For the first time we are not together

It was a turning point in the history of Lebanese theater , the brothers Rahbani were preparing for their play "Al Mahatta" (the train station) that was to win the prize of Said Akl , a play that was a master piece of the surrealist library , the audience in few days while attending the Piccadilly sitting for the play will think that they are assisting to an Arabic musical play of Eugene Ionesco , and it happened , Assi Rahbani was admitted to the hospital Rizk for a cerebrovascular hemorrhage , Fairouz was already in the same hospital for examination after an exhausting season , she did not now that in the floor below her , was her husband admitted , but the show must Go on .

The Work is now in the hands of Mansour , a gist is to be made a token of appreciation to the man who made the rahbani brothers , and who is now in illness . Ziad the son of Assi and Fairouz had already prepared a song for Marwan Mahfouz ( the one who will soon be the star of Ziad's play Sahrieeh ) , the song was entitled "Akhadou el helween" , the music was adopted after Mr Mahfouz accepted to give up the song , and Mansour Al Rahbani changed the lyrics to match the situation , and The Great Fairouz performed the song on stage in the middle of the play "Al Mahatta" , she used to perform the song in a church like attitude like the Late Riad Sharara would say , in one of his interviews Sharara said , backstage when Mme Fairouz would perform the song we would be all in tears , even Fairouz herself , who is know to be very brave and very strong and capable of hiding her feelings on stage  while performing her part , in this song , she couldn't perform it without shedding tears when she reaches the verse saying لأول مرة ما منكون سوا    = and for the first time we are not together .

And when Assi was able to leave the hospital , he came and assisted to the play , the audience welcomed him with a long standing ovation Mansour Al rahbani said in an interview on LBCI , and he continues , but after the play , he gathered us , Fairouz , Ziad and Mansour , and he was not happy , he said that the work should have continued like it was prepared for the audience , with the message it carries , without giving homage to any one , even Assi himself .

But whatever happened that night , this song remains one of the best works of the Rahbanis and Fairouz , this was the first song Ziad Gave to his mother , and as a thank you for Mr Mahfouz  who agreed to decline the song , Ziad gave him 2 of the most remembered songs from the play "Sahrieh" and the songs were "Ya sayf el 3al a3da tayer" and "Khaeif koon 3cheitik".

To listen to the song you have to go to the CD "FAIROUZ" or to the play "Al Mahatta" and you can download a 16 bit audio clip of the song by clicking here

And to download the song with the original lyrics and in the voice of Marwan  Mahfouz , and to listen to him telling the story of the song click here

Hicham

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