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Yasmine Hamdan - I remember I forget بنسى وبتذكر

by Yasmine Hamdan

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1.
Hon هون 04:38
Hon هون هون شو صاير هون انهيار وكوم حبّ يوم يوم ورا يوم بستجوب التلفون قتيل بغرفة النوم كلّ يوم پروڤة قتل هون مش قادرة أفصل خَلَص خلِص الحكي هون أرض صغيرة وجرح كبير ناس تضلّ وناس تغيب غيمة بوسط الصالون غيمة حزن معي هون هزّة بدَن وعالتّلفزيون خَلَص خلِص الحكي هون أرض صغيرة وجرح كبير ناس تضلّ ناس تضلّ وناس تغيب What happened here? A collapse And a mountain of love Day after day I am questioning my phone There is a dead body in my bedroom Everyday they rehearse their killing I can’t dissociate Done What’s left to say A tiny land With a gaping wound Some people linger And some go absent Clouds in the living room Darkness sitting with me My body is shaking and the TV is on Done What’s left to say A tiny land With a gaping wound Some people linger And some go absent
2.
شمالي لالي يا هوالي لديرة شمالي لالي يا وريللوووو ع لالي للبواب هولولم تفتح شمالي لالي يا رويللووو وانا ليليلبعث معليلريح الشمالي لالي يا رويللووو ياصليلار ويدورليللي على لحبيليلابا يا رويللووو شمالي يا هوا الديرة شمالي على اللي بوابهم تفتح شمالي وانا الليلة لبعث مع الريح الشمالي يوصل ويدور على الحباب يابا Northern is the wind of home To those doors that open to the north Tonight, I’ll send with the northern wind To reach and look for the loved ones
3.
كلّ الكلام اتقال يا حبيبي كل الكلام العالم خربان يا سيدي الفكرة دي متعبة الّي اختشوا ماتوا يا حبيبي بصّ الدّنيا قاسية ازّاي أنا حاسّة بإيه مش عارفة ليه أنا حاسّة ازّاي ما تيجي ننّام وعلى سرير النّوم دلّعني على سرير النّوم دلّعني السّكّة حلوة مُرّة يا سيدي يوم كدة ويوم كدة وأنا تايهة ومش بإيدي مش عارفة ليه ما تيجي انّام وعلى سرير النّوم دلّعني على سرير النّوم دلّعني إبقى معايا الليلة تعدّي خلاص خلاص We’ve said it all habibi The world is broken The idea wears me down The good guys died How cruel life can be What’s happening with me? I’m not sure I am muddled Let’s go sleep, shall we? And in bed, cuddle me The path is bittersweet, habibi Some days are good, some not Why do I feel hazy It’s out of my hands Let’s go sleep, shall we? And in bed, coddle me, stay with me, watch the night wash away
4.
كلّه بَطَّل الأمل تعطّل قلبي بينزُف عقلي مخدّر وضعي تحسّن وضعي تدهور بقنع حالي كلّه بيقطع إحنا الحلوين الخسرانين ومكمّلين، ومكمّلين كل شي توضّح وما في شي تغيّر كل شي بيخزي كُلّه بيقهر أنا بعيدة وقلبي مكسَّر كيف الأمل بيقطَع كيف بيرجع إحنا الحلوين الخسرانين ومكمّلين إحنا الحلوين ومكمّلين It’s all rot Hope’s crippled My heart is ruptured My mind is in oblivion Things are better, things are worse I convince myself This will pass We, the beautiful losers, hang on It’s all been revealed Nothing’s reclaimed So embarrassing It hurts I am far, my heart is broken How does hope surrender How does it come back We, the beautiful losers, hang on We’re beautiful And we carry on
5.
أويها بنسى وبتذكّر دوده من عوده مِنّه وفيه بنسى وبتذكّر القتل عادي الكذب عادي الفشل عادي السرقة عادي اللوم عادي التهويل عادي عادي عادي القلق عادي الخوف عادي كُلّه عادي، كلّه عادي بِنسى وبتذكّر بِنسى وبتذكّر I remember to forget It’s foul from within I remember to forget Killing, is normal Lying, is normal Incompetence, normal Stealing, is normal Manipulation, is normal Intimidation, is normal Normal Worry, is normal Fear, is normal Normal I remember to forget I remember and forget
6.
سبع صنايع سبع صنايع والبخت ضايع قاعدين ومعندين منحب الحياة منجرّب نمشّيها Seven flairs and scorched luck We’re here to stay We love life We try to make it work
7.
حبّوا بعضُن تركوا بعضُن سرقوا بعضُن كرهوا بعضُن شتموا بعضُن قتلوا بعضُن عشقوا بعضُن مدحوا بعضُن حْوَيِّك وزْوَيِّك وزْوَيِّك وحْوَيِّك تْسَلّوا فينا فدغولي راسي إحنا إحنا إحنا بوادي وهنّي بوادي فدغولي راسي They fell in love They parted ways They robbed one another They loathe one another They fooled each other They slaughter one another They adored each other They praise one another Them They sucked us dry They fractured my brain We, us We’re not in the same boat They fractured my brain
8.
مرّ التجنّي مُرّ التجنّي، بديع المُحيّا حُلوُ التَثنّي، ياليل أدِر لي الحُمَيا أمان، لِيلي لِيلي يا عين لِيلي لِيلي يا ليل، أدِر لي الحُميا Bitter blame, perfect face Beautiful sway, pour me some wine Please, o my night Pour me some wine
9.
حبيبي غاب وبقاله زمان ما بعتش جواب إبعتلي جواب لابعت سلامي لسالم ما حدا من العشق سالم My love’s been gone for a while No sign Answer me I’ll say hi to make amends, No one’s safe in love No one is spared No one is safe
10.
كلّه مْغبّش وعقلي مْلخبط بجرِّب إنسى جسمي تذكّر بسأل حالي شو الّي تغيّر لمحته ماشي جسمي تذكّر It’s foggy, my mind’s a mess I try to escape, my body remembers I ask myself has anything changed A glance at him, my body remembers

about

Memory is the most extraordinary force. It shapes, and perpetually remixes, our sense of self and surroundings. It is somehow both elusive and irresistibly persistent. On I Remember I Forget, the eagerly anticipated third album from Beirut-born, Paris-based singer-songwriter and producer Yasmine Hamdan, this force is ever present and always transforming.

I Remember I Forget follows Hamdan’s internationally acclaimed 2013 solo debut Ya Nass (Hey People) and 2017’s Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones). It further seals her reputation as an evocative storyteller, a captivating performer, and an independent trailblazer. As a multilingual artist, her music has always interlaced the personal, the poetic and the political, often carried with lively humour, and drawing from worldwide and pan-Arabic influences and dialects. All of these qualities feel intensified on this latest album. These are songs of beauty and righteous fury, forged within a maelstrom of global crises: the 2020 Port of Beirut explosion; the economic collapse in Lebanon – a financial disaster which protected the elite at the expense of countless ordinary people. In an increasingly fractured modern world, Hamdan’s expressions sound more vital than ever.

“For this record, I needed to ground myself in a specific place – and it had to be Lebanon,” explains Hamdan. “My connection to Lebanon, and what has happened to it, constituted the grounds from where I started writing and composing the album. However, gradually in the creative process, this place became a symbol, a metaphor, a catharsis for what is happening globally, and being experienced universally.”

“Despite the pain and charged emotions I felt at witnessing what was happening to my birthplace, these feelings were surmounted by a sense of tenderness and familiarity that induced hope and inspiration. By all means, Beirut kept being generous to me,” she recalls. She began to focus intently on songwriting, also reconvening with her longtime collaborator, Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague). I Remember I Forget is produced under the aegis of their respective labels, Hamdanistan and Kwaidan, and released on Crammed Discs/[PIAS].

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released September 19, 2025

1 Hon هون
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards, programming: Marc Collin
Guitar: Cédric Le Roux
Oud: Hareth Mhedi
Music by Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Words by Yasmine Hamdan & Anas Alaili

2 Shmaali شمالي
Vocals & backing vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Backing vocals: Tina Hamdan
Keyboards, programming: Marc Collin
Keyboard solo: Công Minh Pham
Guitar: Cédric Le Roux
Percussion programming: Wael Alkak
Music & words from Palestinian folklore (public domain)
Arranged and edited by Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin

3 Shadia شادية
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Backing vocals: Tina Hamdan
Keyboards, programming: Marc Collin
Lead guitar & additional percussion: Sanou & Hischam
Guitar: Cédric Le Roux
Edited and arranged by Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Music by Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Words by Yasmine Hamdan

4 The Beautiful Losers الحلوين الخسرانين
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Backing vocals: Ziad Hamdan, Hind Hamdan, Dalal Rida & Moe Hamdan
Keyboards, programming, editing, arranging: Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Bass chords: Omar Harb
Brass: Christophe Millot & Olivier Miqueu
Percussion: Julien Decoret
Music by Yasmine Hamdan & Omar Harb
Words by Yasmine Hamdan

5 I Remember I Forget بنسى وبتذكر
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards & synth bass: Marc Collin
Keyboard solo: Công Minh Pham
Arabic strings: Khalil Jerro
Percussion & guitar: Sanou & Hischam
Rhythm programming: Cesar Urbina (Cubenx)
Claps: Yasmine, Marc, Daphnée & Hugo
Editing, sampling, arranging: Yasmine Hamdan
Words & music by Yasmine Hamdan

6 Vows سبع صنايع
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards: Marc Collin
Extra keyboards: Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboard solo: Sylvain Rabbath
Guitar: Cédric Le Roux
Bass: Omar Harb
Percussion & flute: Habib Meftah
Programming, editing, arranging: Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Words & music by Yasmine Hamdan

7 Abyss حويك وزويك
Vocals & backing vocals : Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards, arranging, programming: Marc Collin
Guitar: Cédric Le Roux
Music by Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Words by Yasmine Hamdan

8 Mor مر التجني
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards, programming: Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Music & words: public domain, arranged by Yasmine Hamdan, Marc Collin & Omar Harb

9 Daya3 ضياع
Vocals: Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards programming: Marc Collin
Oud & whistles: Oussama Abdelfattah
Guitar: Cédric Le Roux
Rhythm programming: Cesar Urbina (Cubenx)
Editing, arranging: Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Words by Yasmine Hamdan/public domain
Music by Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin

10 Reminiscence غروب
Vocals : Yasmine Hamdan
Keyboards, programming, editing, arranging: Yasmine Hamdan & Marc Collin
Crystal harp and cello: Julien Decoret
Bass drones: Omar Harb
Percussion: Youssef Zayed & Nader Morcos
Words and music by Yasmine Hamdan

All songs published by Hamdanistan/Kwaidan/Les Editions de la Bascule
Mixed by Hugo Bracchi @Alphaville Studio
Mastered by Benjamin Joubert @Biduloscope
Photo by Hani Hamdan
Concept + visual identity by Kandalaft Research and Design office - In collaboration with Yasmine Hamdan and Tina Hamdan
English translation of the lyrics: Wassila Abboud & Yasmine Haj

(p) & (c) 2025 Kwaidan Records/Hamdanistan Records, under exclusive licence to Crammed Discs / [PIAS]

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Yasmine Hamdan Beirut, Lebanon

Yasmine Hamdan first made waves in the music scene with the pioneering Beirut indie electronic duo Soapkills, which she co- founded with Zeid Hamdan in the late 1990s.

Since then, she has earned international acclaim as a solo singer-songwriter and producer, elegantly entwining far-ranging elements, from pan-Arabic roots and pop and poetic lyrics, to electronica, soul and guitar melodies.
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