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Does anyone know of a song called Banat el Shobora? A class I'm in is using it for a recital, but because the instructor found it on an unlabeled compilation cd, we don't know who the artist might be, never mind what it might be about. It's a very shaabi song. I've tried googling but haven't come up with anything, apart from learning a little about Shobra :-)
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Re: Banat el Shobora/Shobra?
Tue, May 8, 2007 - 7:58 PMThis is a translation for a baladi song Lulu Sabongi used for a workshop in NYC. It's a guy singing. Does it sound like the song you're looking for??
Shobrah,/ ua banát shobra / sabtéia uel hedêia
Shobra and the girls from there, Sabteia, what a gift we have
Rraseb ya am/, RRaseb ya khúia/, Rraseb ya búia/, RRaseb yashkirr
Take are my uncle, take care brother, take care father, take care you redhaired
Ana bardu min Saiêda ,/ Baáraf kulli daf”êda
I came from Saieda as well, I know everything about everybody
RRaseb bil Khelmêia / Sha’auítrrom u midarêia
Take care with Khelmeia, bad things are quite well hidden there
Ua banát el Éla’á / Yakiluha u hêia ualaá
What about the girls from Elaa, they are so hot, they can even eat burning food.
Tenzêl al Khalifa / Tê’á shabab rrarifa
Then we go to Khalifa, there are many cool guys there
Dolza zallrrom uékhsh / Auzin nidáal a dôl, ui dol ui dol ui dol
When they get upset it is terrible/ we want them to have fun, and all the others as well, we want them – girls – dancing
Nêt´ lá abdo Ueda / ya’ála uk f’día / Nsaltah al Batlêia / Talatin taleta u Mêia
We meet so Abdo and the others, they are very sharp, we go to Batleia, thirty three and half
Nenzêl al a Abdin / BnaÁml muadabin
We go to Abdin, pretending we are very good boys
Uássa lel Bulaêia / Heluin u mahalabeia
Open the space, for the girls from Bulaeia, they are as sweet and beautiful as mahalabeia
Auzin nidáal a dôl, ui dol ui dol ui dol
We want everybody to have fun
Aizin n'raks, dol, ui dol ui dol ui dol
We want everybody dancing
Su’ aala Ubur ya gamalu / maalimin uaff’allu
The big Market Uubur, so beautiful/ all kind of people and professionals is around.
RRamkhõsh al Salãm / matlush fi Kalãm
Then we go to Salam, keep quiet.
Iêml uel Skandaria / al Banát el bahr shá’êia
Visiting Alexandria, all girl there, at the beach are so charming
Nutla as Suez / Uen Massi al Gharib
Getting Suez Channel, we go to greet the foreigners
Dolza zalrrom uekhsh , Dolza zalrrom uekhsh , Auzin nidáal a dôl, ui dol ui dol ui dol
When they get upset it is terrible/ we want them to have fun, and all the others as well, we want them – girls – dancing
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Re: Banat el Shobora/Shobra?
Wed, May 9, 2007 - 11:18 AMThat's exactly it, thanks so much! The artist is Rico (sometimes spelled Riko).
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