He started his career back in the 1960s. Barakat has arguably established a genre of his own in both the way he sings and composes, which made him one of the most esteemed and popular stars in Lebanon. He has toured Australia, South America, Canada, and the United States.
Melhem Barakat mainly performs in colloquial Lebanese, a feat he has always defended, criticizing his fellow Lebanese peers for favouring the Egyptian dialect for commercial purposes. Although his popularity is rather modest in Egypt, where non-Egyptian music material generally receives lukewarm mass appeal, Melhem has achieved huge stardom in most Arab countries, most notably in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon.
Barakat started singing more than thirty years ago. He participated as an actor and singer in many of the Rahbani Brothers' musicals and operettas; some Lebanese even saying that he established himself as one of the strongest voices in the country.
He also appeared in many Lebanese movies back in the 1980s. Some of his hits from the 1980s were “Kboush El Touti” and “Wahdi Ana (I am alone).”
During the 1990s, Melhem Barakat acted with Lebanese dancer Dani Boustros in a Lebanese theater play titled Wemsheet Bee Tariki (I walked my way).
Since the year 2000. Melhem Barakat had several hit songs, such as “Habibi Enta,” which was later sung by his ex-wife May Hariri. He also collaborated with current famous singers such as Najwa Karam, Karol Sakr, Shatha Hassoun, and Majida El Roumi.
Melhem Barakat, a Lebanese singer, was born in 1942 in Kfarshima, Lebanon. He grew up with the sound of Egyptian composer and singer Mohammed Abdel Wahab. Still a child, Melhem many people around him thought that he showed a special talent while singing in school parties. One day, he composed a text from the school journal and sang it first before his classmates and teachers, who appreciated his performance and then became one of the leading names in the Lebanese musical scene, who believed that he was an exceptional talent and had a charming voice. His career had many successes. His best-known works were “Amarine,” “Abouha Radi,” “Farah Ennass,” and “Habibi Inta.”
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Melhem Barakat Lyrics
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أنك حبيب قلبي وأنت ناسيني
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
أنك حبيبي
أنك حبيب عمري
يلي نسيتني وخليتني بالعين أداريك
ولا يوم بغرامك هنيتني على طول براضيك
إنتا إنتا إنتا
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
أنك حبيب قلبي وأنتا ناسيني
ياما ليالي وليالي طيفك ببالي
ياللي آسرني وفايتني بالحب إليه
حتندم بكرا لو جيتني تسأل عليه
ياللي آسرني وفايتني بالحب إليه
حتندم بكرا لو جيتني تسأل عليه
إنتا إنتا إنتا
إنتا حبيب قلبي يا ناسيني
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
أنك حبيب قلبي وأنت ناسيني
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
إنك حبيبي عمري
ياللي نسيتني وخلتني بالعين أداريك
ولا يوم بغرامك هنيتني على طول براضيك
إنتا إنتا إنتا
إنتا حبيب قلبي يا ناسيني
In this song, Melhem Barakat expresses his feelings of heartbreak and betrayal towards someone he loved dearly. He begins by stating that the difference between him and his lover is that she has forgotten about him. Despite being the love of his life, she has left him to suffer alone. He reminisces about how her presence used to consume him and how he was enamored with her love. But now, he is left with only memories and the pain of being forgotten.
Barakat then poses a rhetorical question to his lost love, stating that if she were to ask him where she went wrong, she will regret her past actions. He tells her that her love made him weak and vulnerable, and she took advantage of that by disregarding his feelings. He ends the song by reiterating that the difference between them is that he still loves her, while she has moved on and forgotten about him.
The emotion in Barakat's voice and the sincerity behind the lyrics make this song a classic in Arabic music. It speaks to anyone who has experienced the pain of loving someone who does not reciprocate those feelings or has forgotten about them.
Line by Line Meaning
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
The difference between you and me
أنك حبيب قلبي وأنت ناسيني
Is that you are my beloved, but you have forgotten me
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
The difference between you and me
أنك حبيبي
Is that you are my love
أنك حبيب عمري
And you are my lifelong love
يلي نسيتني وخليتني بالعين أداريك
You forgot about me and left me to deal with my pain alone
ولا يوم بغرامك هنيتني على طول براضيك
And not once did you bring me happiness with your love, always choosing your own satisfaction
إنتا إنتا إنتا
You, you, you
إنتا حبيب قلبي يا ناسيني
You are my beloved, the one who has forgotten me
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
The difference between you and me
أنك حبيب قلبي وأنتا ناسيني
Is that you are my beloved, but you have forgotten me
ياما ليالي وليالي طيفك ببالي
Oh, how many nights have I thought of you
ياللي آسرني وفايتني بالحب إليه
You who captured me, and then betrayed me with your love for someone else
حتندم بكرا لو جيتني تسأل عليه
You will regret it tomorrow if you come to ask me about him
إنتا إنتا إنتا
You, you, you
إنتا حبيب قلبي يا ناسيني
You are my beloved, the one who has forgotten me
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
The difference between you and me
أنك حبيب قلبي وأنت ناسيني
Is that you are my beloved, but you have forgotten me
الفرق ما بينك وبيني
The difference between you and me
إنك حبيبي عمري
Is that you are my love for life
ياللي نسيتني وخلتني بالعين أداريك
You forgot about me and left me to deal with my pain alone
ولا يوم بغرامك هنيتني على طول براضيك
And not once did you bring me happiness with your love, always choosing your own satisfaction
إنتا إنتا إنتا
You, you, you
إنتا حبيب قلبي يا ناسيني
You are my beloved, the one who has forgotten me
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