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.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Stormtrap (Asifeh) - What Happened Yesterday

Stormtrap (Asifeh) - What Happened Yesterday
زي ما صار مبارح - عاصفة - Zey ma sar mbare7
Palestine
Released on June 10, 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 lyrics with their English translation after the jump...

Thursday, May 1, 2014

MC SWAT ft. Muhammad Lawashayesh - Benghazi

MC SWAT ft. Muhammad Lawashayesh - Benghazi
بنغازي - آم سي سوات مع محمد محمد الوشيش
Libya
Released on September 24, 2012
 Click here to download the mp3




Shout out to Yaseen for sending me the lyrics and the translation.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Deeb ft. Stormtrap - Addiction to Fame

Deeb ft. Stormtrap Asifeh - Edman el Shuhra ("Addiction to Fame")
إدمان الشهرة - ديب مع عاصفة

Egypt and Palestine
Released on August 4, 2011


Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain, Nizar Ghanem, & Shadia Mansour in 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...