Isabel Bayrakdarian - Ya zahratan fee khayaalee | إيزابيل بايركادريان - يا زهره في خيالي

A tribute to Farid El Atrash
Ya zahratan fee khayaalee or The flower of my imagination originally sung & composed by the great musician Farid Al Atrash in 1947 , the song written by the Egyptian poet Ma'moun El Shenawy .

Isabel Bayrakdarian is a Grammy Award-nominated Armenian Canadian opera singer. she born in Lebanon in 1974 & moved to Canada as a teenager , for more @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Bayrakdarian

- LyricsTranslate in English :

Oh flower of my imagination, I guarded her in my heart
The nights hurt her, and hands threw her away
And eyes distracted her, and the magic of her eyelids died

My love, everything was lost to me
And love was ripped from my heart and soul
And I gave life my vocal chords and tune
And I sang and my wounds were healed
I am a bird singing in the lands of art
To the birds, to the flowers on the branches .

- Arabic Lyrics :

يا زهرة في خيالي رعيتها في فؤادي
جنت عليها الليالي وأذبلتــــــها الأيادي
و شغلتها العيون فمات ســحر الجفون
هي غرامي كل شيْ ضاع مني فنزعت الحب من قلبي و روحي
ووهبت العمر اوتاري و لحني وتغـــــنيت فداويت جــروحي
أنا طــير في ربى الفـــنّ يغنّي للطيور للزهور في الغصــــون

ردي جمالك للمحروم والخالي لاتطمعي في فؤادي إنّه سالي
شـــــــغلت عنه بأحلامي وأمالي كأنّ حبك لم يخطر على بالي