Kuwait city: The song "Teach Me About You" bids farewell to its esteemed composer, Farouk Helal. The news of the passing of the esteemed composer Farouk Helal was not just a passing event in the Kuwaiti art scene. It brought back to the forefront a melody that still resonates with lovers of Gulf music, sung by the renowned singer Abdullah Al-Ruwaished in the 1980s: the song "Allimni Aleik" (Teach Me About You). This song was not merely a successful work, but a significant artistic milestone, uniting a Kuwaiti voice that reached a wide audience with a composer whose unique sensibility ensured his melodies would endure.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the lyrics were written by the poet Asaad Al-Ghariri, and the song was recorded at the studios of the late Ammar Al-Shari'i in Cairo. Al-Ruwaished released it on his 1988 album through Al-Naza'ir Records, which included a collection of distinctive songs that are still enjoyed today, such as: "Ala Eish Netfahim" (What Should We Understand?), "Law Faradna" (If We Suppose), "Ya Dunya" (Oh World), "Allimni Aleik" (Teach Me About You), "Maghrib Al-Shams" (Sunset), "Qalbi Ma'ak" (My Heart Is With You), and "Aini Bi Ainak" (Eye to Eye).

Singer Abdullah Al-Ruwaished, who performed the song, says that while all the songs on the album were distinguished in both lyrics and melody, "Allimni Aleik" (Teach Me About You) stood out because it's a truly "heavy" song in terms of its lyrics, melody, and vocals-a style that no other singer could replicate. This is why it resonated with audiences from the Gulf to the wider Arab world. "Allimni Aleik" remains one of those songs that listeners recall whenever they reminisce about that era, with its warmth, simplicity, and artistic sincerity.

Although our collaboration wasn't limited to this single-we also had a project for another song titled "Qalbi Yimak" (My Heart Is With You)-it wasn't officially released. I only performed it at one of my private concerts, so it remained among the works known only to those close to my career, without ever having the chance to reach a wider audience.

Al-Ruwaished adds: "The composer may pass away, but the melody never truly dies. Sincere works never truly end; they continue to live on whenever a voice brings them back to the ear or a memory stirs the heart." Today, as the artistic community bids farewell to Farouk Helal, "Allimni Aleik" seems to whisper sadly, bidding farewell to its composer who breathed life into it, remaining a testament to the fact that composers may pass away, but their melodies remain immortal in people's memories. May God have mercy on the immortal artist Farouk Helal, and grant a speedy recovery to the singer Abdullah Al-Ruwaished.