Abdel Halim Hafez - The Messiahعبد الحليم حافظ - المسيحEl Maseeh

The lyrics to this song hold quite a few surprises. What starts out as a tribute to Jesus by a Muslim, which makes sense enough, becomes a criticism against Israel. One can imagine the complicated political connotations of this within the Egyptian natoinal context of the 60s.



Abdel Halim Hafez - The Messiah

Oh my words, wrap up the world all around
And open the eyes of men that inherited the Earth
On the Earth the Messiah left his footprint
On the Earth the Messiah bled out his pain

In Jerusalam on the Via Dolorosa
And in Hebron the bells of the churches rang
Outside in the morning there was the Bible
How long will the truth remain lost in you oh Via Dolorosa?
And how long will the light in the conscience and the stars of peace be put out?
And how long will they walk injured in you
And how long will they remain screaming in you
Messiah after messiah after messiah on the Earth

A crown of thorns on his forhead and a cross on his shoulder
Now oh Jerusalem your son like the Messiah is a stranger
A crown of thorns on his forhead and a cross on his shoulder
They betrayed him... The same Jews betrayed him
Now oh Jerusalem your son like the Messiah must return
On the Earth

عبد الحليم حافظ - المسيح

ياكلمتي لفي ولفي الدنيا طولها وعرضها
وفتحي عيون البشر للي حصل علي ارضها
علي ارضها طبع المسيح قدمه
علي ارضها نزف المسيح ألمه

في القدس في طريق الآلام ..
وفي الخليل رنت تراتيل الكنايس
في الخلا صبح الوجود انجيل

تفضل تضيع فيك الحقوق لامتي ياطريق الآلام
وينطفي النور في الضمير وتنطفي نجوم السلام
ولامتي فيك يمشي جريح ..
ولامتي فيك يفضل يصيح
مسيح ورا مسيح ورا مسيح علي أرضها

تاج الشوك فوق جبينه وفوق كتفه الصليب
دلوقت ياقدس ابنك زي المسيح غريب غريب
تاج الشوك فوق جبينه وفوق كتفه الصليب
خانوه... خانوه نفس اليهود
ابنك ياقدس زي المسيح لازم يعود ..
علي أرضها