Oum Kalthoum was born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village in El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. Her birth date is controversial, either 31 December 1898, 31 December 1904 or 4 May, 1904. She died 3 February, 1975.
At a young age, she showed exceptional singing talent. Her father, an Imam, taught her to recite the Qur'an, and she is said to have memorised the entire book. When she was twelve years old, her father disguised her as a young boy and entered her in a small performing troupe that he directed. At the age of sixteen she was noticed by Abol Ela Mohamed, a modestly famous singer, and by the famous oudist Zakariyya Ahmad, who invited her to Cairo. She waited until 1923 before accepting the invitation. She was invited on several occasions to the house of Amin Beh Al Mahdy, who taught her how to play the oud. She developed a very close relationship with Rawyeha Al Mahdy, daughter of Amin, and became her closest friend. Kalthoum even attended Rawheya's daughter's wedding, although she has always tried to avoid public appearances. Amin Al Mahdy introduced her to the cultural circles in Cairo.
At this point in her career, she was introduced to the famous poet Ahmad Rami, who wrote 137 songs for her. Rami also introduced her to French literature, which he greatly admired from his studies at the Sorbonne, Paris, and eventually became her chief mentor in Arabic literature and literary analysis. Furthermore, she was introduced to the renowned lute virtuoso and composer Mohamed El Qasabgi. El Qasabgi introduced Kalthoum to the Arabic Theatre Palace, where she would experience her first real public success. In 1932 her fame increased to the point where she embarked upon a large tour of the Middle East, touring such cities as Damascus, Baghdad, Beirut, and Tripoli, Lebanon.
By 1948 her fame had come to the attention of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who would later become the president of Egypt. At one point the Egyptian musicians guild of which she became a member (and eventually president) rejected her because she had sung for the then-deposed king, Farouk of Egypt. It was his favour that made the musicians' guild accept her back into the fold. In addition, Kalthoum had been a dedicated Egyptian patriot since the time of King Farouk.
Her songs deal mostly with the universal themes of love, longing and loss. A typical concert consisted of the performance of two or three songs over a period of three to six hours. In the late 1960s, due to her age, she began to shorten her performances to two songs over a period of two and a half to three hours. The duration of her songs in performance was not fixed, but varied based on the level of emotional interaction between the singer and her audience. A typical improvisatory technique of hers was to repeat a single phrase or sentence of a song's lyrics over and over, subtly altering the emotive emphasis and intensity each time to bring her audiences into a euphoric and ecstatic state. Thus, while the official recorded length of a song such as "Enta omri" (You Are My Life) is approximately sixty minutes, a live performance could extend to many hours, as the singer and her audience fed off each other's emotional energy. This intense, highly personalised creative relationship was undoubtedly one of the reasons for Kalthoum's tremendous success as an artist.
In 1967 Kalthoum was diagnosed with a severe case of nephritis. She gave her last concert at the Palace of the Nile in 1973. Tests at that time indicated that her illness was incurable. She moved to the United States, where she benefited for some time from the advanced medical technology, but in 1975, upon re-entering her home country, she required hospitalisation due to declining health. She died in a Cairo hospital on 3rd February 1975.
Her funeral was attended by over four million mourners – one of the largest gatherings in history – and descended into pandemonium when the crowd seized control of her coffin and carried it to a mosque that they considered her favourite, before later releasing the coffin for burial.
AMAL HAYATI
Oum Kalthoum Lyrics
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يا أحلى غنوه سمعها قلبي ولا تتنسيش
خد عمري كله بس النهارده خليني اعيش
خليني جنبك خليني في حضن قلبك خليني
وسيبني أحلم سيبني ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
أمل حياتي . عينيا . يا أغلى مني عليا
يا حبيب امبارح وحبيب دلوقتي
يا حبيبي لبكره ولأخر وقتي
أيه من الأماني ناقصني تاني وانا بين اديك
عمري ما دقت حنان في حياتي زي حنانك
ولا حبيت يا حبيبي حياتي إلا عشانك
وقابلت آمالي وقابلت الدنيا وقابلت الحب
أول ما قبلتك واديتك قلبي يا حياة القلب
أكثر م الفرح ده ما حلمش أكثر م اللي انا فيه ما اطلبش
بعد هنايا معاك يا حبيبي لو راح عمري أنا ماندمش
وكفاية أصحى على ابتسامتك بتقوللي عيش
أسمعها غنوة تقول لحبي ما ينتهيش
خليني جنبك خليني . في حضن قلبك خليني
وسيبني أحلم سيبني ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
ياللي حبك خلا كل الدنيا حب
ياللي قربك صحى عمر وصحى قلب
وانت معايا يصعب عليه رمشة عنيه ولا حتى ثانية
يصعب عليه ليغيب جمالك ويغيب دلالك ولو شوية
قد كده مشتاق إليك قد كده ملهوف عليك
نفسي أنده لك بكلمه ما تقالتش لحد تاني
كلمه قد هواك ده كله قد أشواقي وحناني
كلمة زيك واللي زيك فين ده أنت زيك ما اتخلقش اتنين
وكفاية أصحى على ابتسامتك بتقولي عيش
أسمعها غنوة تقول لحبي ما ينتهيش
وسيبني أحلم سيبني . ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
خليني جنبك خليني . في حضن قلبك خليني
يا حبيبي مهما طال عمري معاك
برضه أيامه قليله
دي السعادة والحنان في هواك
ما تقضيهاش أجيال طويله
حبك يا حبيبي ملا قلبي وفكري
بينور ليلي ويطول عمري
بيزيد. بيزيد في غلاوته دايماً بيزيد
وتملي جديد في حلاوته وتمللي جديد
إنت خليتني أعيش الحب وياك ألف حب
كل نظره إليك بحبك من جديد وأفضل احب
أنا حبيت في عنيك الدنيا
كل الدنيا حتى عوازلي أو حسادي
كل الناس حلوين في عينه حلوين
طول ما عنيه شايفه الدنيا وانت قصادي
وأنام وأصحى على شفايفك بتقوللي عيش
أسمعها غنوه تقول لحبي ما تنتهيش
خليني جنبك خليني . في حضن قلبك خليني
وسيبني أحلم . ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
The song "Amal Hayati" is a declaration of love sung by Oum Kalthoum. The lyrics speak of the love that the singer has for her partner and how she wants that love to last forever. She asks to live in his embrace, to never forget the melody of his voice, and to live with him for as long as she can. She says that he has fulfilled her life with love, and that she has never experienced love like his before. The singer speaks of her longing for her partner and how she wishes to spend her life with him. The song expresses the desire to be with one's lover and spend a lifetime with them.
The lyrics are passionate and heartfelt, expressing a deep sense of love and longing. Oum Kalthoum's powerful voice conveys the emotions of the song, making it a classic that is still loved and listened to today. The song is a testament to the power of love and how it can enrich one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
أمل حياتي يا حب غالي ما ينتهيش
My hope and love for you is so great that it will never end
يا أحلى غنوه سمعها قلبي ولا تتنسيش
Oh sweetest melody, my heart heard it and can never forget it
خد عمري كله بس النهارده خليني اعيش
Take my whole life, but just let me live today
خليني جنبك خليني في حضن قلبك خليني
Let me be next to you, let me be in the embrace of your heart, let me stay
وسيبني أحلم سيبني ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
Let me dream, I wish my time will never come to an end
أمل حياتي . عينيا . يا أغلى مني عليا
My life, my eyes, oh dearest one to me
يا حبيب امبارح وحبيب دلوقتي
Oh beloved of yesterday and beloved of today
يا حبيبي لبكره ولأخر وقتي
Oh my love, for tomorrow and my remaining time
احكي لي . قول لي
Talk to me, tell me
أيه من الأماني ناقصني تاني وانا بين اديك
What other wishes do I have when I am between your hands?
عمري ما دقت حنان في حياتي زي حنانك
Never before have I felt affection in my life like I do with you
ولا حبيت يا حبيبي حياتي إلا عشانك
I have never loved my life except for your sake, oh my love
وقابلت آمالي وقابلت الدنيا وقابلت الحب
I have met my hopes and the world and love
أول ما قبلتك واديتك قلبي يا حياة القلب
The first moment I met you and my heart offered itself to you, oh my heart's life
أكثر م الفرح ده ما حلمش أكثر م اللي انا فيه ما اطلبش
Never did I dream of more joy than this, never did I ask for more than what I have with you
بعد هنايا معاك يا حبيبي لو راح عمري أنا ماندمش
After all these moments with you, my love, even if my life ends, I will have no regrets
وكفاية أصحى على ابتسامتك بتقوللي عيش
It's enough that I wake up to your smile telling me to live
أسمعها غنوة تقول لحبي ما ينتهيش
I hear a melody saying that my love will never end
خليني جنبك خليني . في حضن قلبك خليني
Let me be next to you, let me be in the embrace of your heart, let me stay
ياللي حبك خلا كل الدنيا حب
Your love made everything in this world love
ياللي قربك صحى عمر وصحى قلب
Your closeness made my life and heart wake up
وانت معايا يصعب عليه رمشة عنيه ولا حتى ثانية
When you're with me, it's hard for him to blink his eyes or even take a second away from me
يصعب عليه ليغيب جمالك ويغيب دلالك ولو شوية
It's hard for him to miss your beauty and your charm, even for a little bit
قد كده مشتاق إليك قد كده ملهوف عليك
I miss you so much, I'm yearning for you so much
نفسي أنده لك بكلمه ما تقالتش لحد تاني
I want to call out to you with a word that has never been said to anyone else
كلمه قد هواك ده كله قد أشواقي وحناني
A word that is as great as my love for you, as much as my longing and affection
كلمة زيك واللي زيك فين ده أنت زيك ما اتخلقش اتنين
A word like you and those like you, where are they? You are unique, not two like you created
وكفاية أصحى على ابتسامتك بتقولي عيش
It's enough that I wake up to your smile telling me to live
وسيبني أحلم سيبني . ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
Let me dream, I wish my time will never come to an end
يا حبيبي مهما طال عمري معاك
Oh my love, no matter how long my life is with you
برضه أيامه قليله
Its days are still few
دي السعادة والحنان في هواك
The happiness and affection are in your love
ما تقضيهاش أجيال طويله
They won't be spent in long generations
حبك يا حبيبي ملا قلبي وفكري
Your love, oh my love, has filled my heart and mind
بينور ليلي ويطول عمري
It illuminates my night and lengthens my life
بيزيد. بيزيد في غلاوته دايماً بيزيد
It increases, it always increases in its preciousness
وتملي جديد في حلاوته وتمللي جديد
It fills me with new sweetness and new boredom
إنت خليتني أعيش الحب وياك ألف حب
You made me live love with you, with thousands more love
كل نظره إليك بحبك من جديد وأفضل احب
Every time I look at you, I love you anew and better
أنا حبيت في عنيك الدنيا
I loved everything in your eyes
كل الدنيا حتى عوازلي أو حسادي
The whole world, even those who envy me or hate me
كل الناس حلوين في عينه حلوين
All people are beautiful in his eyes
طول ما عنيه شايفه الدنيا وانت قصادي
As long as his eyes see the world and you're next to me
وأنام وأصحى على شفايفك بتقوللي عيش
I sleep and wake up to your lips telling me to live
أسمعها غنوه تقول لحبي ما تنتهيش
I hear a melody saying that my love will never end
وسيبني أحلم . ياريت زماني ما يصحنيش
Let me dream, I wish my time will never come to an end
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