Before I take a sip from my coffee every morning, I have to hear her voice. I can’t start my day without her. I am obsessed. I knew her since I was seven, eight or maybe nine years-old. I don’t remember. She is always with me at the morning table and now she is always with me wherever I go. When I was in Baghdad, she never let me leave to school or work without listening to her.Her voice takes me high… up… up… up… up to the sky. She takes my hand and shows me how heaven looks like. As I fly with her voice, I see the birds gathering around both of us soaring high and dancing at the pure heavenly gift she has. If it rains… drip drop… drip drop, she becomes my umbrella. If it’s cold, the warmth in her voice keeps me warm. If it’s hot, she cools me. If I am angry, she calms me down. Isn’t she a godess?!
She IS a goddess, an angel, heaven on earth. She is this beautiful lady putting on the garment of love and peace. She is this romantic and magical creature who no one knows the secret behind her heavenly voice.
My day is not a day without her. My country, my life and my soul are always happy with her. She takes my breath away. She takes my pain away. She is a blessing I have with me everyday. I believe in her more than I believe in many others. A Lebanese French author once said, “We don’t see angels, but we hear HER”…
Yes, her… Fayrouz, our godess, our angel.
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I'm a huge fan tooooooooooo. Well said BT, though no words could describe this heavenly voice.
ReplyDeleteNice song. I like Fayrouz too. I love her song 'Baghdad and the Poets'.
ReplyDeleteIraqi-Moroccan woman sings Faryouz's 'Baghdad and the Poets'
Is Star Academy 4 the Lebanese version of American idol?
BT,
ReplyDeleteYou mean you don't listen to Sabah in the morning?!!! Just joking.
If you wish, send me your postal address so I can burn you Fayrouz CDs I collected over the years. That could be your late Christmas gift :-)
Please, say you love Umm Kalthom too? She's my night godess.
Yeah Chikitita! No words are enough to describe her voice.
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ReplyDeleteI love her song about Baghdad. Thanks for the link.
No, Star Academy is different. The Arab version of American idol is called Super Star. It's exactly the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperStar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Academy_Lebanon
Hi Fay,
ReplyDeleteSabah. hahahaha. I like some of her songs although she started singing when my grandmother was 12.
I will definitely send you my address. Thanks a million in advance. I have some new collections of the best Iraqi music and songs. I am more than happy to mail them to you as well!
I love Um Kultoom too. Alatlal... Inta Omri and many other songs. But I have to say that Fayrouz is the top!
You know whom I like too? Majda al-Roomi. She is fantastic!
Fayrouz's story
ReplyDeleteshe has had a very rewarding and fascinating life. thank you for turning me on to her.
Hey BT, you were right, this is a happy post! :) I am listening to the song by Fayrouz right now. Could you tell me what she is singing about here? I love her voice and she is really beautiful too! Thanks for sharing the song! :)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I think she looks a lot like Cher.
Annie, Fayrouz story was very interesting. Thanks for posting the link. :)
ReplyDeleteBT I am too a huge fan of Fayrouz : )
ReplyDeleteBefore I moved to Irak in the 70s it was thru her songs I started learning Arabic. I could sing so many of her song without having any idea what it ment. So when I came to Iraq started learning arabic in school I fell in love with her even more. Amazing voice and now I understood the amazing texts too! : )
You know, I think she looks a lot like Cher.
ReplyDeletei noticed the similarity myself. especially after viewing this you tube about a destroyed palestinian village Bissan.
Fayrouz radiates an inner beauty cher unfortunately does not possess imho
A great start to begin any day and end it too..and listen to her all through out the day...wonderful..thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI can say that you're the one who knows how to touch our hearts.
ReplyDeleteDear B.T
I like Fayrouz so much, it's really like an angel , it's a symbol of all the good things in this life .
Great idea , nice blog
Regards
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it the song. Basically it's about a woman addressing her beloved. She is telling him that her love is as the size of the sea and so on!
Hi Nadia!
ReplyDeleteFayrouz is a MUSE and a TEACHER and everything beautiful in this world.
Hi Summer,
ReplyDeleteShe is present all day and night even if I am not listening to her songs, I try to sing them within myself.
Hi A&Eiraqi,
ReplyDeleteWalla khajjalitni! Thanks for your nice words. It's funny that I wrote this post before I went to bed. Every night, I turn on Radio Rotana on the web and listen to Fayrouz's songs. Due to the time difference, I have it after 11 pm which is 7 am in Amman. So at that day, I really went high with her song. Thank God my neighbors did not call the police since I was singing with her songs like a crazy man! hahahaha.... So I decided to write something for quick!
"...خذني على بلادي..."
ReplyDeletei sung along to her almost every morning of my college years before and after the war. and well before that.
never thought "Nassam 3layna elHawa" would be my own personal song.
thank you BT.
take care please, salam to 24 :)
Hi Anarki 13!!!
ReplyDeleteMan! Long time no see! Hope all is well. Yosal salamak inshallah...
The Assyrian people should also get some credit for Fairouz, since her father was an Assyrian immigrant from Mardin, Turkey (Suryani as they are called there).
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