Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Aleka Potinga - Cello
Matthew Berrill - Clarinet
Jay Wilson - Piano

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

'Shamat' Album | Ruba Shamshoum -  ألبوم "شامات" | ربى شمشوم

-عشوائيةُ الشامات-

عشوائيةُ الشاماتِ 
على جَسَدي  
تَنسَكِبُ
 في سَما قَمَري 
وتِلقائيةُ النغماتِ 
على شَفَتي  
تَطوفُ في اُلفَضا 
وأنتَ مَعي 
 وأنتَ مَعي

أنتَ لي وأنا لَكْ
كَوكبي الوحيدْ 
فيكَ تَنبتُ زهرة 
وفيكَ تَكتَفي 
 أخبريني أخبريني 
 زهرةَ الربيع 
 إلى مَتى 
 في ظِلالي سَتبقين؟

أفلَتَني اُلهَوا في ذِراعَيكَ 
وقَلبي إكتَوى من عينيكَ

Randomness of Beauty Spots
The randomness of beauty spots on my body
pours into the sky of my moon
the spontaneity of melodies on my lips
floats in space when you’re with me

When you’re with me X4
You’re mine and I’m yours,
my lonely planet
a flower blooms in you
and is satisfied in you
Tell me, tell me, o spring flower;
until when will you stay in my shades

The randomness of beauty spots on my body
pours into my moon’s sky
the spontaneity of melodies on my lips
floats in space when you’re with me

When you’re with me 

Passion dropped me in your arms
and my heart got burned in your eyes

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Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Aleka Potinga - Cello 

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Shamat

Randomness of Beauty Spots

Randomness of Beauty Spots | Ruba Shamshoum -  عشوائية الشامات | ربى شمشوم

-هَنا-

يا ام الخُلخال
والكُحل الأسود في العيون 
الدَّمِع مِحتال 
وبلَحظة هالعُمُر بِخون

أعطيني ايدك
اسمحيلي برقصة
سِتي يا حلوة
يا إم الحَطَّة

ضُميني في حُضنك 
إحكيلي قصة
حَتوتة صغيرة 
تدَفيلي بُكرا

هَنا 
إنتِ وانا
دَواير بِتدور، بِتدور
بتدوِّر على نفسها 
في العيون

- Hana - 

You with the anklet
and the black eyeliner
tear drops are a cunning thing

and in a moment life cheats us. 

Give me your hand,
allow me to have this dance
grandma you beauty
with your scarf
put me in your arms
tell me a story
a little story
to warm my tomorrow

Hana,
you and me
we’re circles
going round and round
looking for themselves
in the eyes.



Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Mathew Berrill - Clarinet

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Hana

Hana | Ruba Shamshoum  -  هَنا | ربى شمشوم

- Carousel of Love - 

Going round and round
My carousel of love
So electrifying
Looking all around
And when I see you walking by
I smile

You and me
We have a little game
You tend to run
And I don't mind chasing you
Far, far, as far as you may go

Going round and round
My carousel of love
So electrifying
Looking all around
and when I see you walking by
I smile
I smile

People say
I should act cool
But how could I?
I'm falling like a fool
Falling

Careless careless man
Why do you hurt me?
Careless careless man
Must you be mean?

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Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Carousel of Love

Carousel of Love | Ruba Shamshoum -  دوامة الحب | ربى شمشوم

-في اُلأَعماق-

في اُلأعماق روحين
وخيط الشمس بينهن
الموج بغطي ليلهن

في الاعماق قصص بتدور ع طريق
حكي مش منتهي 
والسطح بعيد
بعيد بعيد

نَفَسين
والوقت عدو
عيون في العتمة بِتدوِّر ع نور
كيف ضيعت الطريق 
والسطح بعيد

في المنام
أَسألُ روحي عَنّي
فأراكْ
تَخْطُفُني مِن جَوفِ اُلبِحارْ
في الأعماقِ
 أُغنيٌة
تَخافْ اُلصمتْ
تَخافْ اُلصمت
في مَلقاكْ.


- In the Depth - 

In the depth two souls,
a ray of sunlight between them
waves cover their nights
In the depth stories looking for their way,
unfinished conversations
and the surface is far away.

Two breaths
time is the enemy
eyes in darkness
looking for light
how did you lose the way?
and that surface is far away.

In my dreams
I ask my soul about me
and I see you
Kidnapping me
from the depth of the sea.
In the depth,
There's a song, scared of silence
Scared of silence
In your presence

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Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Aleka Potinga - Cello


Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

In The Depth

In the Depth | Ruba Shamshoum -  في الاعماق | ربى شمشوم

-تكوين الفقاعة-
في كَوكبٍ مُظلِم، زَحَفَت اُلالوانُ من أعماقِ كُهوفِها الكَحلاء. نَظَرَت الى الأعالي وَفِي عُيونِها 
أرَقْ. تَقابلَت، ومن ثُمَّ إنسجَمَت واُمتَزَجَتْ، فَوُلِدَت الفُقاعة. وُلِدَت لِتَعلو فَوْقَ أطرافِ اُلخَيال، وتَنغَمِسْ في أنسِجَة الذاكِرَة والرائحة. وُلِدَت لِتُلامِسَ الوجودَ وتَختَفي.


- Genesis of the Bubble -

On a dark planet, crawled the colours from caves. Looked up to the sky
with weary eyes. They met, they mixed and mingled, and a bubble was
born. Born to fly to the limits of imagination, and to dive in memories and scents. Born to touch the existence and disappear.

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Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum
Improvised music by Matthew Jacobson, Barry Rycraft and Orlando Molina.

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Genesis of the Bubble

Genesis of the Bubble | Ruba Shamshoum - تكوين الفقاعة | ربى شمشوم

-يا ليل لا تروح-

كان يا ما كان
بيت وبستان
ملان الوان هالبستان
ابيض ياسمين
وفلة كمان
احمر برقوق ورمان
اخصر اصيل
الصبر والتين
جنة مليانة الحان
فجأة 
ما بعرف شو صار
حن هالسنبل ومال

شوي شوي يا ليل لا تروح
اذا بان النهار بتبان الجروح

ابيض ياسمين
وفلة كمان
احمر برقوق ورمان
اخصر اصيل
الصبر والتين
جنة مليانة الحان
اسود
ولا مرة الليل بِدوم

- Ya Layl La Trouh (O night don’t go)-

Long ago
there was a house and a garden
a garden full of colours
white of jasmine
and gardenias too
red of poppies and pomegranates
green, pure
of cactus and fig
a paradise full of song
suddenly,
I don’t know how,
wheat stalks in their longing bent

Wait, o night
wait, don’t go!
once daylight comes
our wounds will show (repeated)

white of jasmine
and gardenias too
red of poppies and pomegranates
green, pure
of cactus and fig
a paradise full of song.
black
never once does the night last.
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هذه الاغنية كتبت خصيصا لفيلم "لما شفتك" . اصدار افلام فلسطين
This song was written especially for the film "When I Saw You", published by Philistine Films.

Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Mathew Berrill - Clarinet

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Ya Layl La Trooh

Ya Layl La Trooh | Ruba Shamshoum -    يا ليل لا تروح | ربى شمشوم

A creator of poetic dream pop, a fusion of soulful sounds. Her voice encapsulates jazz elements and Middle Eastern vibes with colourful harmonies. Her lyrics tell stories of femininity, vulnerability, and human connection to nature and to the self.

Ruba Shamshoum is a Palestinian musician, born and raised in Nazareth and currently living in London. Ruba's music draws from the sensibility of jazz, mixed with tinges of Middle Eastern elements. This mix complements her style and brings it to unique and distinctive places.

Ruba studied jazz performance at Newpark Music Centre in Ireland and was an active part of the Irish jazz scene. She wrote music for the film "When I Saw You", and released songs that were part of top indie charts in the Middle East and North Africa, generating much acclaim. She performed in international festivals in Ireland, the UK, and the Middle East. In 2016 Ruba gave a TED talk about "Being Creative in a Society that Worships the Past", hosted by the London Business School.

In May 2017, Ruba self-released her debut album 'Shamat' (Beauty Spots), written and arranged by her. In the record, she deals with identity, escapism, fear, and love. Each song on the album explores different shades of emotion.

In recent years Ruba collaborated on tracks with multiple musicians in Ireland and the Middle East. In 2019 she worked with poet Farah Chamma on the music and lyrics for a show titled Mai w Dai (Water and Light), which they performed in London in January 2020. In 2020, during the COVID 19 lockdown, Ruba wrote and released an original song titled "Patience"  co-produced by Kazz Torabyeh.

Ruba is Currently working on her next release with producer Alev Lenz, coming 2021.