Sunday, October 5, 2014

MC Swat - We Don't Want

MC Swat - We Don't Want
مانبوش - ام سي سوات
Libya
Released May 2, 2012



 Arabic Lyrics based on those by Sleman Adel on MC Swat's Facebook page.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump.


Wednesday, July 16, 2014

DAM - I'm Not a Traitor

DAM - I'm Not a Traitor
أنا مش خاين - دام
Palestine
Originally released in 2010. Also released on Dabka On the Moon (2012)
Source: https://soundcloud.com/damrap/im-not-a-traitor

Note: no recorded versions of the song are on YouTube that I've found (only live versions), so the video's lyrics are somewhat different from the lyrics in the album's version (seen below).

The full-length song and the Arabic lyrics and their English translation are after the jump...

Friday, June 6, 2014

Myam Mahmoud - It's My Right

Myam Mahmoud - It's My Right
من حقي / يسقط السفيه - ميام محمود - Mayam Mahmoud
Egypt
Released March 26, 2014



Arabic lyrics and their English translation adapted from found in Myam Mahmoud's YouTube video.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump.

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Mahmoud Jrere of DAM ft. Shadia Mansour - I Want Peace


Mahmoud Jrere of DAM ft. Shadia Mansour - I Want Peace ("Bade Salam"/"Badi Salem")
بدي سلام - محمود جرير من دام مع شادية منصور
Palestine
Released in 2007


Arabic lyrics courtesy of DAM.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...


Psyco M - Bi3 Lebled ("Sell the Country")

Psyco M - Bi3 Lebled ("Sell the Country")
بيع البلاد - بسيكو آم
Tunisia
Released May 18, 2013



Arabic lyrics based off of Haythem Chaabani's from the Facebook page Paroles Psyco-m 2.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Friday, May 30, 2014

MC Amin - Mabrouk Ya Sisi

MC Amin - Mabrouk Ya Sisi ("Congratulations, Sisi)
مبروك يا سيسي - آم سي أمين
Egypt
Released on May 27, 2014


Arabic lyrics courtesy of MC Amin via arableaguerap.com. English translation is my own.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Omar Offendum - Destiny

Omar Offendum - Destiny
مصيري - عمر أفندم
Syria / U.S.
Released on July 4, 2010
Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain's Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side. Check it out!)



Full Arabic and English lyrics (with their translations into English and Arabic, respectively) after the jump...

Boikutt - Ignite

Boikutt - Ignite
ولع - مقاطعة - walle'
Palestine
Released on September 18, 2011
Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain's Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side. Check it out!)






Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Deeb ft. Edd Abbas - Stand Up, Egyptian!

Deeb ft. Edd Abbas - Stand Up, Egyptian! (a.k.a. Rise, Egyptian!)
قوم يا مصري - ديب مع إد عباس
Egypt and Lebanon
Released on August 5, 2011
Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain's Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side. Check it out!)

 




Full Arabic lyrics with their English translation after the jump...


Omar Offendum - The Arab Speaks of Rivers

Omar Offendum - The Arab Speaks of Rivers
العربي يتحدث عن أنهار - عمر أفندم
Syria / U.S.
Released July 4, 2010


From Omar Offendum's translation of the 1920 Langston Hughes poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Poetry and translation via Omar Offendum's Bandcamp site.