الغربة [El Gherbi] [English translation]

Oh God, curse emigration

because of what it did to me

Its sour and took out my heart

and stole precious things from me

We said we'd travel form 2 year then we would return to our villiage

We wasted so many years here, yet Hussein still hasn't finalized his sale

Oh woe, oh woe, oh woe

God help those with families

Living with a mere candlelight and worrys

and is bathing in a cup

Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh my misfortune, oh Lord

What happened to these people

Everybody is starving and living in poverty

Oh woe, oh woe, oh woe

God help those with families

Living with a mere candlelight and worrys

and is bathing in a cup

Oh woe. Oh woe. Oh woe, oh woe, oh woe

Oh how i missed my mom and dad and how my sister iron my clothes

I missed listening to kind words and that would make me forget my worries

Hes leaves, a young man then returns and graying and aged, but now he can relax

I have returned but realized I can't find the rest of my loved ones

Oh hard it is my brother

Same old, same old, same old

The world is still the same

People come and people go

and it stays same old, same old

Oh mother, Oh mother, Oh mother,

I can't forget any of my worries

I become a shadow in my own life

and now its running through my blood

Same old, same old, same old

The world is still the same

People come and people go

and it stays same old, same old

Same old. Same old. Same old, same old, same old

(father talks)

I dont want to be an expatriate anymore

I'm returning to my villiage and there is where you'll find me

I want to kneel down and kiss the soil of this tender land

Live in this world and be satisfied with what you have got

It left, it came back, it went up, it went down, dont get you self upset over things that really dont mean anything

Heaven, heaven, heaven

This world, i swear to god is heaven

Listen to me and relax your heart

Just with that alone, you will live blissfully

From me, from me, from me

Oh the west stay away from me

You separated me from my loved ones

and you stole my precious things from me

Heaven, heaven, heaven

This world, i swear to god is heaven

Listen to me and relax your heart

Just with that alone, you will live blissfully

From me. From me. From me, from me, from me