Self-taught, she began her artistic career at the age of 8 on the stage of the small amphitheater in Ibn Sina’s neighborhood in the suburbs of Tunis where she lived until the age of 25 years old… This stage built there in this arbitrarily triggered in her, the madness and love of art that never deserted her later. Thanks to her father’s records she bathed since her early childhood in classical music, and Arabic as well as Latin American protest music. Prior to the discovery of the Arab dissident scene through the idols of the revolutionary movements of the 70 s: the blind Egyptian singer Sheikh Imam and the Lebanese singer Marcel Khalifa, Bob Dylan and mainly Joan Baez who has greatly influenced her. She discovered the exhilaration and joy of singing around the age of 15 years and she could not stop since then. After performing in a rock band established in college, and experiencing the joys of the stage in different universities, She chose the guitar as fellow traveler and seized every opportunity to perform in public and show her music. Emel Mathlouthi is rapidly remarked for her scenic performances and especially for her ability to enchant and delight the audience.
“Pain and pleasure mix , expand , become deeper to finally be engraved in the hearts forever… Her words are pain that gives birth to pleasure… Her music seems to emerge from a transcendent world…A world full of humanity , sensitivity , and feelings… Emel does not only sing with her voice, but with her body and her features have their own language too…” Encouraged by some friends, she began to write in Tunisian dialect in 2004 and continues to compose in that language as well as in standard Arabic and sometimes in french. After her arrival in France she discovered the pain and suffering of being far and nostalgic… Since that, she never stops working on developing a progressive and unexpected new style where a song is a story with lot of shifting enriched with thick poetry. Her songs are full of anger, sadness, love, patriotism to a country left to the hands of fate… full of hope, hope of freedom and delivery… of faith, disillusionment, and thoughts about the existence and the weaknesses of the human in front of the folly of his fellows. Success was « au rendez vous » and after great collaborations with Tricky, french artists such as Charlie Couture, Jean Jacques Milteau, Meï Teï Shô and a selection in the first edition of the RMC-doualiya music awards in 2006, she’s becoming one of the main figures of the nowadays Arabic music.
Stranger
Emel mathlouthi Lyrics
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I am stranger and so lonely,
And this loneliness is so cruel.
(Chorus)
But let me think about
A magic world and magic devils so far
I am a stranger in this world,
Stranger among my family and friends,
And I say : who is he ?
Why am I with him ?
(Chorus)
Why do I stand beside him ?
And it let me a stranger.
In my own body I'm so poor,
Poor and sad, poor and sad.
I am a stranger in this world,
Stranger because I can't find my land,
Can't find who knows me,
Can't find who hears about me,
Can't find, can't find…
I am a stranger in this world,
Stranger and nobody knows
The language of myself.
The opening lines of Emel Mathlouthi's song "Stranger" convey a powerful sense of disorientation and alienation in the world. The singer feels like an outsider, disconnected from those around her and unable to find a sense of belonging. The repetition of the word "stranger" emphasizes this theme and underscores the singer's isolation. She is not only a stranger in the world at large, but also among her own family and friends. The lines "Why am I with him? / And it let me a stranger" suggest that the singer may be feeling alienated from a particular person or group, and that this is exacerbating her sense of loneliness.
The chorus of the song offers a glimmer of hope, as the singer imagines a different, more magical world. This imagined world is populated by "magic devils" that she has never seen before, and suggests a sense of possibility and wonder that is lacking in the singer's everyday life. However, this hopefulness is ultimately undercut by the repeated refrain of "I am a stranger in this world," which reasserts the singer's sense of dislocation and isolation.
Line by Line Meaning
I am a stranger in this world,
I feel disconnected from the world and the people around me.
I am stranger and so lonely,
I feel isolated and alone.
And this loneliness is so cruel.
My loneliness is painful and harsh.
But let me think about
Despite feeling isolated, I try to find solace in my own imagination.
A magic world and magic devils so far
I imagine a fantastical world that is beyond my current reality.
I had never seen.
This world is so different from anything I've experienced before.
Stranger among my family and friends,
Even those closest to me feel distant and unfamiliar.
And I say : who is he ?
I question my own identity and purpose.
Why am I with him ?
I don't understand why I am the way I am.
Why do I stand beside him ?
I feel like an outsider even in my own body.
And it let me a stranger.
This makes me feel even more like an outsider.
In my own body I'm so poor,
I feel inadequate and lacking in my own skin.
Poor and sad, poor and sad.
My emotions are overwhelming and somber.
Stranger because I can't find my land,
I feel lost and without a sense of belonging.
Can't find who knows me,
I feel like nobody truly understands or recognizes me.
Can't find who hears about me,
I feel unheard and overlooked.
Can't find, can't find...
My search for identity and belonging is ongoing and unfruitful.
Stranger and nobody knows
I feel invisible and unknown to the world around me.
The language of myself.
I struggle to express myself and communicate my true feelings and thoughts.
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Written by: Amel MATHLOUTHI
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🌷🌷🌷🏆🏆🏆🌏🏆🏆🏆💞☀️Congratulations for Your Divine Voice, Divine Language, Divine Music! You are Divine, The Most Beautiful Goddess, The Divine Queen full of Light of our Hearts, of Peace and of our Whole Immense and Beautiful World! You are a very Beautiful Symphony Of Love, Of Peace, Of Light, Of Life! Your Culture and Traditions are from God, Our Very Beautiful Sun, which enlighten us everywhere we are on this Planet, in Universe, and...Multiverse! I Love You very much! Respect and Love You from România !
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Félicitations pour votre voix divine, votre langue et votre musique ! Tu es Divine, la plus belle déesse, la reine divine pleine de la lumière de nos cœurs, de la paix et de nos mondes immenses et beaux tout entiers! Vous êtes une très belle symphonie d'amour, de paix, de lumière, de vie! Votre culture et vos traditions viennent de Dieu, notre Soleil Merveilleux, qui nous illumine où que nous soyons sur cette planète, dans l'Univers et... Multivers ! Nous vous aimons tant! Respect et Amour en Roumanie !
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¡Felicitaciones por su Divina Voz, Lenguaje y Música! ¡Eres Divina, la Diosa Más Hermosa, la Reina Divina llena de la Luz de nuestros corazones, de la Paz y de nuestros Mundos Inmensos y Hermosos! ¡Eres una muy hermosa sinfonía de amor, paz, luz, vida! Tu Cultura y Tradiciones provienen de Dios, nuestro Maravilloso Sol, que nos ilumina dondequiera que estemos en este planeta, en el Universo y ... ¡Multiverso! ¡Te queremos tanto! ¡Respeto y amor en Rumania!
@Monkiii2
She is out of this world! this song is perfect.
@NanadassanaVisuddhi
Out of this world! Definitely!
@abarashedi
فضلا غني لنا شوية امل وفرح . فنانة متميزة وربما طابعها الفني هكذا على طول حزن . مجرد ملاحظةة هل من مكان للفرح والأمل في فنها . please
sing some pleasur, if possible.
@aname82
Her voice is heavenly
@4principle
Speechless with love.
@pluvofil79
Böyle şarkıların hastasıyım
@rachedab8087
in love with this song...love u emel ❤❤❤❤
@fadwazaier90
love her songs !! <3
@jithinjose8065
She s awesome... 😍😍😍
@simemuhamed2196
Woow