THE SHEIKH IMAM SONGBOOK
Songs collected, translated and annotated
by
members of The Sheikh Imam Collective. **
This web
page contains the songs of Sheikh Imam and Ahmed Fu'ad Negm in
English translations. We are making an archive of those songs, to be deposited
in the library of the
This is a
work in progress, with translations being added as they are completed.
Eventually
we shall also produce a Song Book containing the lyrics, in Arabic and in
translation.
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Contents
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1. Abouk al-siqā māt [Lyrics] [Video]
2. Ahīmu shawqā [Lyrics] [Video]
3. Al-awlad baladī [Lyrics] [Video]
4. Al-bahri bi-yidhak leīh? - Why is the
river laughing? - [Lyrics] [Video]
4a. Al-bit'a - The wotsit - [Pending] [Video]
5. Al-fa'l [Lyrics] [Video]
6. Al-fawazīr [Lyrics] [Video]
7. Al-fūl wa-l
lahmah - On beans and meat - [Lyrics] [Video]
9. Al-gada' gada' - The brave are brave
- [Lyrics] [Video]
10. Al-khawāja
al-amrikānī - The
American master - [Pending] [Video]
11. Al-mahattah - The station - [Pending] [Video]
11a. Al-mamnu'āt - Contraband
[The forbidden] - [Lyrics] [Video]
12. Al-m'arakah [Lyrics] [Video]
13. Al-marjīha -
The swing - [Lyrics] [Video]
14. Al-qadiyah [Lyrics] [Video]
16. Al-sheikh
imām [Dur ya kalam] - Sheikh Imam [Circle around, oh words] - [Lyrics] [Video]
17. Al-shorba
al-ajībah - The strange drink - [Pending] [Video]
18. Al-sindibād -
Sinbad - [Lyrics] [Video]
19. Al-tanbūr -
The tanbur - [Lyrics] [Video]
20. Al-toubah [Lyrics] [Video]
21. Al-yōyō
- Yo-Yo - [Lyrics] [Video]
21b. Am al-sayyid - [Lyrics] [Video]
22. Ana atūb an
hubbak? - Do I repent loving you? - [Pending] [Video]
22a. Ana fi intizarak
- I am waiting for you - [Pending] [Video]
23. Bahīah [Lyrics] [Video]
24. Baqrah
hāhā - The cow Ha Ha - [Lyrics] [Video]
25. Bak'āyah
yanāīr [Lyrics] [Video]
25a. Bayanat 'ala tadhkara masjoun - Notes
from a prisoner's file [Pending] [Video]
26. Bayram - Bayram - [Lyrics] [Video]
27. Butikāt - Boutiques - [Lyrics] [Video]
28. Fīl-layl - In the night - [Lyrics] [Video]
29. Ghinwa
al-salām - A song of peace - [Lyrics]
[Video]
30. Ghinwa
li-falastīn - A song for Palestine - [Lyrics] [Video]
31. Guevara māt -
Guevara is dead - [Lyrics] [Video]
32. Halā
bi-l-hubb [Lyrics] [Video]
33. Halā
wīlā - Hala Wila - [Lyrics]
[Video]
34. Hallu l-marakib [Lyrics] [Video]
35. Humā mīn
wa ahnā mīn - Who are they and who are we? - [Lyrics] [Video]
36. Itjam'aū
al-'ashaq - The lovers are gathered - [Pending] [Video]
37. Ishī yā
misr - Wake up, oh Egypt - [Lyrics] [Video]
38. 'Iskanderīyah
- Alexandria - [Lyrics] [Video]
38a. Iza ash-shams
gheraet - If the sun is drowned - [Lyrics] [Video]
39. Jawāzah
[Lyrics] [Video]
40. Kalam min
al-kalām (Dur ya kalām) [Lyrics] [Video]
41. Kalb al-sitt - The
lady's dog - [Lyrics] [Video]
42. Kilmataīn-
Two words - [Pending] [Video]
42a. Laa sawt ya'ala
fowqa sawt al-ma'araka - No
voice is louder than the voice of the battle - [Pending] [Video]
43. Mahkamah [Lyrics] [Video]
44. Manā'ah al-zarq [Lyrics] [Video]
45. Mīkī -
Miki - [Lyrics] [Video]
46. Murr al-kalam [Lyrics] [Video]
47. Nixon
bābā - Papa Nixon - [Lyrics] [Video]
48. Nixon jā'
[Lyrics] [Video]
49. Prologue - Prologue - [Lyrics] [Video]
50. Qīdū
sham'a [Lyrics] [Video]
51. Raja'ū
al-talāmidhah - The students are back - [Pending] [Video]
52. Risāla ila
al-hudūd - Letter to the frontier - [Pending] [Video]
53. Sabr Ayūb -
The patience of Job - [Lyrics]
[Video]
54. Salām lil-'ard - Peace to the
earth - [Lyrics] [Video]
55. Satyagraha -
Satyagraha - [Lyrics] [Video]
56. Shayyid qsūrak - Build your palaces - [Lyrics] [Video]
57. Sharam baram [Lyrics] [Video]
58. Shāl al-hawa [Lyrics] [Video]
59. Valery Giscard d'Estaing - Valery Giscard d'Estaing - [Lyrics] [Video]
60. Wa'ad al-har [Lyrics] [Video]
60a. Wahabt omril-al-'amal - I have devoted my life to hope - [Pending]
[Video]
61. Ya arab - Oh Arabs - [Lyrics] [Video]
61a. Ya
ayoun she'ar tunisi - [Lyrics] [Video]
61b. Ya
ghorba rouhiy [Lyrics] [Video]
62. Ya ghusn naka - Oh branch of the naqa - [muwashshah]
[Lyrics] [Video]
63. Ya waladī [Lyrics] [Video]
64. Ya'īsh ahl
baladī - Long live the
people of my country - [Lyrics]
[Video]
65. Yemma mwail al-hawa - Mother, a song of
love - [Pending] [Video]
66. Yitouf al-rabi' [Lyrics] [Video]
POEMS BY AHMED FU'AD NEGM
100. Bayan
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Members of the Sheikh Imam Collective:
Ed Emery
Elliott Colla
Ahmed Hassan
Omar Ibrahim
Maksim Abdul Latif
Ahmed Selim
** If you would like to join our team of
translators, write to
Hashtag:
#sheikhimamsongbook
Last updated: 22.viii.2023
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