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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Khalas Samaht
Nawal al zoghbi Lyrics
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el naharda khalas nseet
koli lela fik samahet
alby kan be2ol yareet
law tegini tani tegi bi ah'ani
7a ansak bik ahzani w 7a ensa ini aseet
yama 3ado layali sa3bi gedan hali
mich mohem in inta roht
el mohem in inta geit
sho2 w hera w nar bigad
kan da feya w ma shtaket
konti behlam bik rega3t
bas 7a 2ol leik sahet
law tegini tani tegi bi ah'ani
7a ansak bik ahzani w 7a ensa ini aseet
yama 3ado layali sa3bi gedan hali
w ma getni ya ghali geit bi hodni bakeet
mich mohem in inta roht
el mohem in inta geit
The lyrics to Nawal Al Zoghbi's song Khalas Samaht convey the feelings of the singer who has finally reached a point where they are ready to move on from a past relationship. The first two lines state that today is the day where the singer has had enough and has forgotten everything of the past. The following lines speak of how every night the singer used to think about the person they are now trying to forget, and how their heart used to talk about them constantly. The next few lines are about how, if this person were to return, the singer would feel pain and go through the same feelings of hurt again.
The second verse starts off with the statement that it doesn't matter anymore whether the person the singer is referring to has left or stayed, the only thing that now matters is that the singer has let them go. The following lines speak of the various emotions that the singer went through during the relationship, such as passion, jealousy, and anger. The singer then talks about how they had a dream about this person coming back, but they now realize that it was just a fleeting thought, and they have come to terms with moving on.
Overall, the lyrics convey a sense of finality and acceptance, as the singer has come to terms with letting go of a past relationship and moving forward.
Line by Line Meaning
el naharda khalas samaht
Today, I've had enough of pretending
el naharda khalas nseet
Today, I've had enough of forgetting
koli lela fik samahet
Every night, I've forgiven you
alby kan be2ol yareet
My heart used to say 'wait'
law tegini tani tegi bi ah'ani
If you come back to me, you'll find me hurt and upset
7a ansak bik ahzani w 7a ensa ini aseet
I'll forget my sorrows, and forget that I forgave you
yama 3ado layali sa3bi gedan hali
Nights have passed, but my condition is very bad
w ma getni ya ghali geit bi hodni bakeet
You haven't come back, my dear, and I'm crying alone
mich mohem in inta roht
It doesn't matter if you left
el mohem in inta geit
What matters is that you're gone
sho2 w hera w nar bigad
Flames, anger, and fire have come
kan da feya w ma shtaket
I was there, and I didn't quiet down
konti behlam bik rega3t
I used to keep dreaming of your return
bas 7a 2ol leik sahet
But now I'll tell you the truth
Contributed by Bella K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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