Fadl Chaker: "Ya Ghayeb" (Who Is Absent - 2003)

Fadl Shaker is a famous Lebanese singer. According to wikipedia, Fadl (Ibn EL Genoob), was born on April 1, 1969 in Saida (Sidon), a city in Southern Lebanon. He is Palestinian, but born in Lebanon. Shaker lives in Saida, Jadet Nabih Berri with his wife Nadia, a fellow Palestinian, and his three children, Mohamed, Alhan and Eno.

In 1997, he was discovered by an agent from the recording label Stallions Company, and was signed on to produce three albums. This was Fadl's first significant career break.

Fadl released his first album Wallah Zaman in 1998, which had eight original songs, including "Meta Habeby Meta", "Nazra Wah". Some of these songs were composed and written by such known Arab stars like Salah El Sharnoby and Ahmed Sheta.

The second album was Baya'a El Qolob released in 1999, and the title song hit # 1 on all charts in the first week of the album's debut. The song was also very popular on radio stations throughout the Middle East. Due to the overwhelming success and huge sales of the album, Fadl decided to produce two music video clips, the first was for the song "Baya'a El Qolob" and the second was for "Eesheqtak". As a result of his first album's astonishing success, Fadl was catapulted to become one of the top superstars in the Middle East.

His third album was El Hob El Adem, released in 2000. It included very famous songs like Ash Men Shafak. This album was also a huge success, just like his previous album. It topped all charts as well. His fourth album Hobak Khayal was released in 2001, and contained 10 songs this time, and was produced by Al Khoyoul Company. It contained songs like Hazzak Ya Qalby, Men Kotr Hoby Feek, and El Maraya.

In 2002, Fadl recorded and released his first duo with the renowned Persian gulf singer Nawal. This duet topped the charts for five months straight, and broke all sales records in the Arab world. It was voted by music critics as the best duo in the history of Persian Gulf music. Its success was also complemented by the release of a hot music video clip, directed by Ahmed El Doghajy..

In 2003, Fadl released his new smash-hit ballad Ya Ghayeb to Arabic radio stations all over the Middle East. The song was voted the Best song for 2003 by various radio stations. As a result, it became a big hit before the album or any music videos were released. The song reached #1 status on all Arabic stations in the Middle East. Fadl bought all rights of the tune for his song from Greek composer and singer, Sotis Volanis, and the lyrics were written by Prince Turky Bin Abdel Rahman El Sudairy, who also wrote another song of Fadl's coming album called Dehkat El Dony.

Fadl Shaker was always concerned about singing maqamat, the hardest of Arabic melodies, and he always tried to preserve the true Arabic musical style in all of his songs. His songs are known not to have any western melody influence. Fadl is known for his unique singing style, and as a result, has built a huge fan base throughout the Middle East..


- Arabic lyrics:

كلمات الاغنية:


يا غايب ليه ما تسأل
ع احبابك اللي يحبونك
ما يناموا الليل لعيونك
انا بفكر فيك

تبعد عني وتنساني
محتاجك حنبي ترعاني
تنسيني جروحي واحزاني
انا مشتاق لعينيك

يا حبيبي لا تروح بعيد
انت نصيبي و فقلبي الوحيد
انت اللي بقلبي والله تفداك الدنيا كلا
ياااااي ياي ياي ياي ياي

يا غايب ليه ما تسأل
ع احبابك اللي يحبونك
ما يناموا الليل لعيونك
انا بفكر فيك

تبعد عني وتنساني
محتاجك حنبي ترعاني
تنسيني جروحي واحزاني
انا مشتاق لعينيك

يا حبيبي لا تروح بعيد
انت نصيبي و فقلبي الوحيد
انت اللي بقلبي والله تفداك الدنيا كلا
ياااااي ياي ياي ياي ياي

حبك غير حياتي
نساني جروحي وآهاتي
فكرني بكل احكاياتي
خلاني ادوب

انت غرامي كله
شمس عمري وضله
اصلك هل عالم كله
حبك ما اتوب

يا حبيبي لا تروح بعيد
انت نصيبي و فقلبي الوحيد
انت اللي بقلبي والله تفداك الدنيا كلا
ياااااي ياي ياي ياي ياي

يا غايب ليه ما تسأل
ع احبابك اللي يحبونك
ما يناموا الليل لعيونك
انا بفكر فيك

تبعد عني وتنساني
محتاجك حنبي ترعاني
تنسيني جروحي واحزاني
انا مشتاق لعينيك

يا حبيبي لا تروح بعيد
انت نصيبي و فقلبي الوحيد
انت اللي بقلبي والله تفداك الدنيا كلا
ياااااي ياي ياي ياي ياي

يا غايب ليه ما تسأل
ع احبابك اللي يحبونك
ما يناموا الليل لعيونك
انا بفكر فيك

تبعد عني وتنساني
محتاجك حنبي ترعاني
تنسيني جروحي واحزاني
انا مشتاق لعينيك

المصدر: منتديات القمه - كويت اب