Elusive Aicha (Khaled) English translation also

ENGLISH TRANSLATION HERE;

This song is about a man in love with Aicha. He begs her to marry him. Will do any thing to have her. But she sees marriage to him as an end to her independence. No matter how hard he tries to talk to her she just keeps avoiding him. The song is by Khaled and its called "Aicha".

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English translated lyrics for this song are as follows..

Comme si j'n'existais pas,
As though I did not exist
Elle est passe cot de moi,
She walked right passed me
Sans un regard, reine de Saba.
Without a look, Queen of Saba
J'ai dit : "Aicha, prends : tout est pour toi."
I said: "Aicha, take: everything is for you'
Voici les perles, les bijoux,
Here are the pearls, the jewels
Aussi l'or autour de ton cou,
And also the gold around your neck,
Les fruits bien mrs au got de miel,
The ripest fruits that taste of honey,
Ma vie, Aicha, si tu m'aimes.
My life, Aicha, if you love me.
J'irai o ton souffle nous mne
I will go wherever your breath takes us
Dans les pays d'ivoire et d'bne.
In the countries of ivory and ebony.
J'effacerai tes larmes, tes peines.
I will erase your tears, your pain.
Rien n'est trop beau pour une si belle.
Nothing is too much for one so beautiful.

Oh ! Aicha, Aicha, coute-moi.
oh Aicha, Aicha, listen to me.
Aicha, Aicha, t'en vas pas.
Aicha, Aicha, please don't go.
Aicha, Aicha, regarde-moi.
Aicha, Aicha, look at me.
Aicha, Aicha, rponds-moi.
Aicha, Aicha, answer me.

Je dirai les mots des pomes.
I will say the words of poems.
Je jouerai les musiques du ciel.
I will play the music of the sky.
Je prendrai les rayons du soleil
I will capture the rays of sunlight
Pour clairer tes yeux de reine.
To light up your Queenly eyes.
Oooh ! Aicha, Aicha, coute-moi.
Oh! Aicha, Aicha, listen to me.
Aicha, Aicha, t'en vas pas.
Aicha, Aicha, please don't go.
Elle a dit : "Garde tes trsors.
She said: 'Keep your treasures!'
Moi, je veux mieux que tout a,
me, I want better than all that!
Des barreaux forts, des barreaux mme en or.
Strong bars, bars even out of Gold!

Je veux les mmes droits que toi
I want the same rights as you
Et du respect pour chaque jour.
And respect every single day
Moi, je ne veux que de l'amour."
me, I do not want anything but love.'

Aaah !

Comme si j'n'existais pas,
As though I did not exist
Elle est passe cot de moi,
She walked right passed me
Sans un regard, reine de Saba.
Without a look, Queen of Saba
J'ai dit : "Aicha, prends : tout est pour toi."
I said: "Aicha, take: everything is for you'

Aicha, Aicha, coute-moi.
Aicha, Aicha, listen to me.
Aicha, Aicha, coute-moi.
Aicha, Aicha, listen to me.
Aicha, Aicha, t'en vas pas.
Aicha, Aicha, please don't go.
Aicha, Aicha, regarde-moi.
Aicha, Aicha, look at me.
Aicha, Aicha, rponds-moi.
Aicha, Aicha, answer me.

Arabic verse:
I want you Aicha, and I'm dying for you
hathi sayidt hayati wa hobbi
This is the lady of my life, and my love
inti 3omri w inti hayati
You are my longevity and my life
tamaneyt 'n ma a3eesh ma3ak gheir inti (sorry just realized I left it out)
I wished to live with no one else but you

Aicha Aicha ecoute moi
Aicha, Aicha listen to me
Aicha Aicha ana abghik
Aicha Aicha I want you
Aicha Aicha nmout 3aleyk
Aicha Aicha I'm dying for you

reponds moi
Answer me
ya leili
oh night

Lyric translations provided here;
http://www.orientaldancer.net/arabic-song-lyrics/0171.html

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• Arab
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• Cheb
• Khaled
• Aicha
• women
• international
• world

[TheEidolon7]

Wow! This has been one of my fav's for years, but I never knew the meaning. Weird, now that I see the meaning, that is what I imagined in the 1st place!

[batlady2]

@TheEidolon7 I had to search pretty hard to find it's English translation. I don't care how many times I hear this song I love it even more than the first time I heard it. Its an amazing song!

[31000hamid]

@batlady2

/watch?v=FdljUD3_sYk

[batlady2]

@31000hamid Sorry but that link address did not work. Is part of it left out?

[31000hamid]

@batlady2

youtube.com/watch?v=FdljUD3_sY­k

[batlady2]

@31000hamid THAT IS AN EXCELLENT AICHA VIDEO HAMID! Thanks for showing it to me.

[navigatorsumit]

beautiful song .... music doesn't need to learn languages..... need to feel it.

[palestinianfromsafad]

شكرا لمخرج هذا الكليب الرائع.و كاني اقرا من خلال مزجه مع هذه الاغنية الرائعة انهما هما الاثنين مزيج يتغزل بالجمال العربي الذي يكمله كرامة المراه العربية و عزتها و اخلاقها العربية و الاسلامية .تحية من قلب فلسطيني الجزائر الغالية

[leah75838]

love this song from 1997 if my memory serves me right...

[batlady2]

@MsIntellectuality Viewers like you are the reason I keep making videos. Thank you for all your nice feed back about how much you enjoy them!

[ibo119977]

@batlady2

you're welcome :D