Nawal began singing at an early age, despite familial opposition to the lifestyle of a musician (her family changed their minds when they realized she was serious in her ambitions). She is influenced by the work of pioneering Arab singers such as Egypt's Om Kalthoum.
Nawal started her singing career after participating in Studio El Fan in 1988, she became a professional singer in 1991. Al-Zoghbi released her debut album titled "Wehyati Andak" in 1992, when she returned to her birth city, Beirut, after a two-year singing sojourn in the Gulf countries. Since that time, she has released seven other albums, each proving popular in the Arab world. Nawal takes herself seriously though, and has made it her business to develop extensive knowledge about what's happening within the Arabic music scene.
Controversies happened around 1998 when Al-Zoghbi released her album and single titled Mandam Aleik. The song was originally sung by Syrian singer Houwaida. It was a huge success to Houwaida, but a while later Al-Zoghbi released the album with her version of the song. When inquired about allegations of taking Houwaida's debut song, Al-Zoghbi claimed she had the song for a while and recorded it prior to Houwaida's release. On television interviews, she showed papers showing lyrics of the song claiming that these are the originals and that Houwaida took it from her.
When Houwaida was interviewed about the whole matter, she stressed out that she was preparing for the release of the song before Al-Zoghbi as it was her debut single. Houwaida was said to be more calm about the matter, and mostly asked God to forgive Al Zoghbi for such act. But this didn't affect the career of Houwaida, as she pursued and got quite successful in the Pan Arab media. The song is available on both singers' records and they got their share of popularity mostly after the conflict.
Her album Maloum which was released back in 1999 is believed to be her biggest failure throughout her recording career. As the low selling figures of the album, Al-Zoghbi herself declared regret to rush and release it since the previous one, Mandam Aleik, was released a year earlier.
In 2002, Nawal cooperated with music video director Sherif Sabri to come out with a new look for her song Elli Tmaneito. After airing teasers on Egyptian satellite channel, Dream TV. After full broadcast, Al Zoghbi worked hard on promoting the album by appearing in several TV channels, printed media and more.
Nawal's next album was to appear 2 years after the release of Elli Tmaneito. The name of this eagerly anticipated album was Eineik Kaddabeen. This album was accompanied by two music videos: Eineik Kaddabeen and Bi'einek. After promoting this album, Nawal then began work on her most recent album Yama Alou. She first released the single Rohi Ya Rohi in August 2005. Her first live performance of this was at a concert she held in the Hammersmith Apollo, London. She also made a music video for this song. The next single to be released from Yama Alou was Shou Akhbarak. This was released February/March of 2006. She also filmed a music video for this.
Nawal has released a song dedicated to Palestine called "Ya Quds" (O, Jerusalem).
Nawal participated in a patriotic song called "Ya Omati" with many other Arabic singers. She also recorded a song called "Hikayt Watan" with a number of Lebanese singers for the liberation of south Lebanon. As well as the song "La Ma Kholsit Le Hkayeh" after the death of Rafic Hariri.
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Hekayti Maa El Zaman
Nawal al zoghbi Lyrics
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كان ده كان
كان اسمه حبيبي
كان ده كان
كان يوم من نصيبي وكان
ضحيت بعمري معاه مشوار مشوار مشوار اسمه الحياه وده كان
انا انا الي بينكم هنا رضيت بالعذاب
The lyrics of "Hekayti Maa El Zaman" by Nawal al Zoghbi tell the story of a past love. The singer reflects on the memories of her time with her former lover, who was once the center of her world. She repeats the phrase "Kan dah kan" (Once upon a time) to emphasize the nostalgia and longing for the past.
The chorus speaks of the sacrifices she made for him, even though they ended up going separate ways. She laments the journey they took, which she refers to as "life", and how it caused her to give up a part of herself. Yet, she accepts that the pain she endured was all part of the journey.
Overall, the song portrays a bittersweet reflection on a failed love affair. The lyrics and melody are emotive and evocative of the joys and pains of being in love.
Line by Line Meaning
حكايتي مع الزمان
This is the story of my life journey
كان ده كان
It happened, it was
كان اسمه حبيبي
He was my beloved, my love interest
كان يوم من نصيبي وكان
One day he became mine and it was meant to be
ضحيت بعمري معاه مشوار مشوار مشوار اسمه الحياه وده كان
I sacrificed my life for him, and our journey together was called life and that was our destiny
انا انا الي بينكم هنا رضيت بالعذاب
I, among all of you here, accepted the pain and suffering
Contributed by Zachary F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
paon bleu
كل مرة اسمعها بصوتها احسن بحنين ااعادة سماعها ، تحفة نوال الزغبي وملكة الطرب والاداء والحضور والاحترام
Sami King
اووووووف بكيتيني 😭😭😭😭 احساسك يدرس عن جد احلى من غنى لوردة الجزائرية الله يرحمها بشهادتها 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
chaimaa faid
ملكة الاحساس والطرب نوال الزغبي الاغنية بصوتك دمار شي فوق الوصف قمة الابداع
Maite Perroni
اجمل من غنى لوردة الجزائرية بدون منافس ❤
Chaimaa Chaimaa
ملكة الطرب والغناء الله عليكي يا اسطورة و ابداعك عشقت الاغنية من صوتك يا ايقونة #نوال_الزغبي #حكايتي_مع_الزمان
Saad Alaswad
صوتها مميز و جميل و احساسها اجمل
chaimaa faid
ملكة الطرب الاسطورة #نوال_الزغبي مبدعة الله على احساسك ورومنسيتك
ناهد شرف شرف
chaimaa faid لا امال ماهر تقصد لان هى الوحيد اسطوره الطرب
Dalal A.
أجمل من غنّى لوردة الجزائرية الله يرحمها ( نوال الزغبي - فضل شاكر - جورج وسّوف ) ❤️
Amer Amer
امال ماهر
ايمان عبد الغني