From Lennie Clark's Web Site:

Bahlem Beek
(I Saw You In My Dream)

This page contains a translation into English of the lyrics to "Bahlem Beek", which was sung by Abdel Halim Hafez. Also included is a transliteration of the Arabic lyrics into the Roman alphabet so you can sing along if you like.

Other ways to spell the song title include "Bahlam Bik".

Abdel Halim Hafez was at the peak of his popularity in the 1960's, known both as a singer and as a movie star. He was known as the "Dark Nightengale." He is one of four vocalists who have achieved legendary status in Egyptian music. The other three are Farid al-Atrache, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Oum Kalthoum.

Lyrics

Where to Get Recordings of this Song

		Artist: Abdel Halim Hafez CD Title: Bahlam Beek Amazon Store:
		Artist: Ammar el Sherei CD Title: Ammar el Sherei Play Abdel Halim Hafez Amazon Store:

Translations of
Abdel Halim Hafez's Songs on This Site

Acknowledgements

About the Translator

The translator was Nabil Gheith.

About the Person Who Provided the Translation

Linda Grondahl's background is that of a devoted lover of Arabic music and dance. She danced with Amina and the Aswan Dancers for many years. She took Arabic percussion with Mary Ellen Donald, Su Su Pampanin, George Dubai, Vince Deldado, and Tony Lammam. She took Arabic singing from Nicole Ibrahim, Mimi Spencer, Georges Lammam. On the oud, she studied under Nazir Latouf, Mimi Spencer, Abdullah Kdough. She was a member of the Aswat Arab-American Choir under the direction of Elias Lammam. She is now a member of the El Ashaab dance troupe, and Tahneen, the all-girl, all-American Middle eastern music ensemble. They have played for Arab and American events, and for many years at the Rakassah festival.

"I just saved whatever I could get my hands on, for years", writes Linda, "and really don't know why. It was always so dificult to get music, so I just kept on saving."

Linda lives in San Francisco, California. Her favorite color is any shade of purple.

About the Source

This article originally appeared on Lennie Clark's web site, "Arabic Song Translations." Lennie created this web site in 2002 as a response to discussion on the Internet regarding incidents of dancers who performed inappropriate sensual dances to religious music. Lennie's web site resided on a free web hosting service known as Geocities. When the planned October 2009 closure of the Geocities web hosting service was announced, Lennie and Shira agreed to move the contents of Lennie's site to Shira.net. To explore all the articles and song translations that once appeared on Lennie's Geocities site, visit Lennie's portal page here on Shira.net.

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