كنا حبايب
We used to be lovers,
أعز حبايب
the best of lovers
راح الحب كأنه ما كان
Love is gone as if it was never there
مين كان عاشق
It is not possible for lovers
مرة ودايب
who used to be so in love
يقدر يرجع زى زمان
to go back to the way they used to be
أدي الدنيا و أدي نصيبنا
So is life and this is our fate
اللي نحبه في لحظة يسيبنا
We are abandoned in a blink by the ones we love
و اللي نسيبه يبقى حبيبنا
And the ones we abandon become our lovers
و نلقى معاه الدنيا أمان
And our lives become safe with them
كنا حبايب
We used to be lovers,
أعز حبايب
the best of lovers
راح الحب كأنه ما كان
Love is gone as if it was never there
الحق عليك
Was it your fault
ولا فراقنا دا كان بايدينا
or was our separation our own doing?
احنا هنبكى على الأيام
Should we cry and lament the gone days
ولا الدنيا حتبكى علينا
Or will life lament us
أه أه يا زماني
Oh oh, life
كنا حبايب
We used to be lovers,
أعز حبايب
the best of lovers
راح الحب كأنه ما كان
Love is gone as if it was never there
ليه الحزن القاسى يدوم؟
Why does cruel sadness remain?
وليه الفرح في ثانية يطير؟
And why does joy slip away in a second?
ليه القلب يعيش محروم
Why should my heart live deprived [of love],
وهو اللى ادا حنانه كتير؟
when it has been so kind and tender to others