Enta Omry - Umm Kulthum انت عمرى - ام كلثوم

Umm Kulthum. Like Edith Piaf she was a WWII chanteuse, also WWI, loved throughout Egypt, the Middle East, and the world, by all generations for her singing voice for at least 60 years.

Not everyone's taste in music but I'm just gonna leave it here, anyway. One develops an appreciation of her amazing voice after a listen or two.

Egypt's first lady of song. December 31, 1898 - February 3, 1975.

Enta Omry is one of her most popular trade-mark songs. She is known for a long lead-in to her songs, like this recording, also the length of her songs. This one is approximately 58 minutes!

Om Kalthoum singing Inta Omry (You are my Life!)

translation is from MaysoonMusic

Your eyes took me back to the days that used to be (have gone),
They’ve taught me to regret the past and its wounds.
The years I lived before my eyes have seen you were wasted,
and they shouldn’t have been counted against me.
You are my life, whose morning started with your light!
You are my life!

How much of my life’s time, before you, has gone and been spent.
Habibi (my love), how much of my life’s time has gone,
But the heart before you never saw a single joy,
Nor has it tasted in the world other than the taste of wounds!
I have only started to love my life now.
I have also started to fear that life might run past me.
My heart and mind met joy in the light of your eyes.
Ye life of my heart, more precious than my life itself.
Why Haven’t I met your love sooner?
The years I lived before my eyes have seen you were wasted,
and they shouldn’t have been counted against me.
You are my life, whose morning started with your light!
You are my life!