“Because I Love You (عشان بحبك – Ashan behibbak)” is an Arabic classic song by the renowned Tunisian singer Latifa, featured on her 1989 album Ashan Behibbak. This tender, romantic track lasts approximately 5.5 minutes and was written by Abdel Wahab Mohamed with music composed by Salah El-Sharnouby.
**Translated Lyrics**
عشان بحبك و اخاف تغير
Because I love you and I’m afraid of change
Ashan behibbak w akhaf taghayyur
بخبي عنك حجات كتير
I hide many things from you
Bakhbi ‘ank hajaat kteer
حجات بريئه
Innocent things
Hajaat baree’a
بس الحقيقه
But the truth is
Bas al-haqeeqa
البعد عنها اسلم كيفية
That keeping distance from them is the safest way
Al-ba’d ‘anha aslamm kayfiyya
عشان بحبك
Because I love you
Ashan behibbak
بخاف اصارحك بحب فات
I’m afraid to confess a love that’s gone too far
Bakhaf asaarahak bihubb faat
ما بقاش ببالي غير ذكريات
Only memories remain in my mind
Ma baqaash bibali ghair zikaaryaat
حكايه ممكن لو قلتهالك
A story, if I were to tell it to you
Hikaya mumkin law qoltelhaak
تعمل ببالك منها حكايات
It would become tales in your mind
Ta’mil bibaalak minha hikayaat
وهي يعني اشياء بريئه
And they are, I mean, innocent things
W hiya ya’ni ashiya’ baree’a
بس الحقيقه
But the truth is
Bas al-haqeeqa
البعد عنها اسلم كيفية
That keeping distance from them is the safest way
Al-ba’d ‘anha aslamm kayfiyya
عشان بحبك بخاف اقول لك قابلت مين
Because I love you, I’m afraid to tell you whom I met
Ashan behibbak bakhaf aqool lak, qabalt meen
بالصدفه و االا كلمت مين
By chance—or rather, whom did I speak to?
Bil-sudfa wa illa kalamt meen
الا ان سالت معلش اقول لك
Unless you ask, then I’ll tell you
Illa in sa’alt, ma’alish aqool lak
وكل كلمه احلف يمين
And with every word, I swear by my honor
Wa kull kalima a’hlef yemeen
وهي يعني اشياء بريئه
And they are, I mean, innocent things
W hiya ya’ni ashiya’ baree’a
بس الحقيقه
But the truth is
Bas al-haqeeqa
البعد عنها اسلم كيفية
That keeping distance from them is the safest way
Al-ba’d ‘anha aslamm kayfiyya
عشان بحبكعشان بحبك بكل قلبي
Because I love you, because I love you with all my heart
Ashan behibbak, ashan behibbak bikull qalbi
بخبي كله ما عدا حبي
I hide everything except my love
Bakhbi kullu ma ‘ada hubbi
احب اقول لك احساسي كله
I want to tell you all my feelings
Uhibb aqool lak ahsaasi kullu
وشعوري كله طول ما انت جنبي
And all my emotions, as long as you’re by my side
Wa shu’oori kullu toul ma enta janbi
واداري عنك اشياء بريئه
And I keep from you things that are innocent
Wa adari ‘anka ashiya’ baree’a
بس الحقيقة البعد عنها اسلم كيفية
But the truth is, keeping distance from them is the safest way
Bas al-haqeeqa, al-ba’d ‘anha aslamm kayfiyya