يا لالا [Ya Lala] [English translation]

They asked me... about my name

I said it's lost from me.

All I know about me

(I'm) an Arab and my name is arabic.

They asked me.. about my country

I said it's precious to me.

But where are you, my homeland.

An Arab, and my country is arabic.

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

The Arabs were... knowledge and good morals,

horsemen and hawks.

Everything became a piece of the past, gone.

And days that go round.

Eastern in name... Western in actions.

And between them, I have become lost.

And may Allah aid us... O you who hear us

in our condition.

We mocked the traditions, and said it's fine.

We started spending nights in the bars, and no problem!

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

From the morning till the evening

every hour in a mall.

All we care about are the latest fashions,

and the most beautiful perfumes.

From the most expensive thing.. give me some,

and who is like me?!

Wherever I go, I mesmerise

all the eyes.

Glasses and cars... Audi and Ferrari,

we love to waste billions whilst our condition is a joke.

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

The Americans have divided us,

and separated the neighbours.

I wish what happened never was.

Oh my over our us, my son.

And tell me, where is the unity, where?

We used to be brothers in agreement.

O my eye, you've lived long and seen us in such a state!

Every one is in a different direction,

that one says "Thank you"

and the other "Merci beaucoup"

and we forgot "Alhamdulillah" (praise be to Allah).

Tournaments in Beirut,

people singing and people dying.

And what can we say except to Allah (and to Him is our return)

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.

Ya lala wa ya lala

Hello and welcome

to the one who was one day great,

and time has changed him.