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Hyart alby ma3ak

Adel, M.C. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:34:35 GMT

Hyart alby ma3ak
You caused my heart to be confused about/with you

wa ana ba dari wa khabi
and I conceal and "cover up"

oli a3mil eh' wayak wala a3mil waya albi
tell what I should do with you or what I should do with my heart

bidi ashkilak min nahr hobi
I want to complain to you about the fire of my love

bidi ashkilak 3alifi albi
I want to complain to you about what's in my heart.

wa olak 3ali saharni wa olak 3ali bakini
and tell you about what's keeping me awake and what's making me cry

wa sawarlak dana rohi
and "provide you the image" of the suffering of my heart
and show you the suffering of my heart

we 3izit nafsi man3ani
but my self-prife prevents me [from doing this]

Ya qasi! bos fi 3inaya we shoof
Oh you who are cruel! look into my eye and observe

eh enkatab fi ha
what is written in it.
what is recorded in it.

Nazrit sho' we heneya wi di dam3a ba dariha
The glance of "desire to see you" and longing and this is a tear that I conceal.

we da khayal bain el agfan
and this is an apparition between the eyelids.
and this is a specter between the eyelids

fidil ma3aya il leil kolo
It remained with me the entire night

saharni bain fikr we ashgan
it kept me awake between thought and distress

we fatli gowa il 3ein dhillo
and inside the eye, it's shade passed me by.

wa bain sho'i we hermani
and between my desire and my deprivation
and between my desire and "that which is out of reach for me"

wa herti waya kitmani
and my confusion with my constraints

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Hobak ala feyn?

Amira — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:45:33 GMT

I've been melting to a song recently on Jalilah's Raks Sharki 3--Journey of a Gypsy Dancer called Hobak ala feyn (Where did your love go)

It is a gorgeous piece of music I think originally composed for a movie with Naima Akef. Anyone have any idea what they are singing about than what I can guesstimate from the title?

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Conversational Egyptian lesson 1

Adel, M.C. — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:33:02 GMT

ana : "I" or "I am" pronounced almost like the name Ana
sana : year
kull : (rhymes with pull) entire or every
TaYib: (masculine)(put the accent and emphasis on the"Y") "kind" or "well"
Tayiba:(femanine) "kind" or "well"
Tayibeen: (group) "kind" or "well"

inta: (masculine) "you" when addressing a male
inti : (femanine pronounced in-tee) "you"
into: (plural) "you" "all of you" "you all"

"wa" "wi" "wu" : " and" .... When this word "wa/i/u" appears prior to a word that begins with a vowel, then it's conjucated with it. However, it reamains un-conjugated when prior to an Arabic word that begins with a consonant.

wa ana = wana = "and I" or "and I am"
wa Kull = wa Kull = "and the entire" or "and every
wa inta = winta = " and you" (to a male) sounds like someone from Brooklyn pronouncing winter as "winta"
wa inti = winti = "and you"
wa into = winto = "and you" (to a group of people)

mubrook : congratulations ( mub : rhymes with cub, sub, tub
the oo in rook: sounds like rude, crude,food.)

Here is a comon expression one person can give to another for a festive occasion, like their birthday or to each other on a holiday like New Year, or religious holiday, etc....

EXPRESSION OF CONGRATULATIONS
To a male: Kulli sana winta taYeb = Every year and you are well = May you be well all your years.
female: Kulli sana winti taYeba
group (like a family): kulli sana winto taYebeen

Example: A young boy just graduated highschool or you want a sustitute expression for happy birthday.
tell him: Kulli sana winta tayeb = May you be well all your years
variation: "mubrook! Kull sana winta Tayeb." = Congratulations! May you be well all your years.

RESPONSE
to a male: winta TaYeb = and you well = same to you = likewise
female: winti Tayiba
group: winto Tayibeen = and all of you well = same to your family = same to you all

I recommend that you run these words by someone who speaks conversational Egyptian or Arabic for the appropriate pronounciation.
When you're confident that you have mastered the correct pronounciation, I recommend that you practice both the delivering and responding expressions to the male, female and group. Consider flash cards.

SUMMARY

Kulli sana winta tayib. Response... winta tayib. winti tayiba. winto tayibeen
kulli sana winti tayiba.
kulli sana winto tayibeen.
ana
mubrook!

Good luck!

I'm trying this post for size. Let me know if you find it useful and if it's worth posting more like it or any suggestions that you may have.

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"Mesh ai Had" by Hamada Helal

latifa — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:38:56 GMT

OK, I can understand some of the lyrics... but I want to understand them all! Can anyone help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtRAK8C_QnI

Am I the only Hamada Helal fan here?? So far I've choreographed 4 of his songs for my students.

Latifa

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Gana El Hawa (Ganal Hawa) by Abdel Halim Hafez

Adel, M.C. — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:27:53 GMT

Gana El Hawa (Ganal Hawa) by Adbel Halim Hafez Wed, January 9, 2008 - 12:09 PM
Gana El Hawa (pronounced Ganal Hawa) Love has come to us
lieral translation is "the wind has come to us." where wind is symbolic for love.

Most classics like this one are not conducive to dancing when auditioned in their original form. However, modern renditions of these songs tease the music, if you will, and make them so beautiful to dance to. As I update this blog, I will be more specific with names of albums and include links to sound tracks.

The readers should use their imagination for this song as it is very poetic and used great sybolism

The arabic word "hawa" (wind) symbolizes love. Note the personification of as the singer speaks to the wind, yearning and passion. Hawa is used often in Abdel Halim Songs.

Translation

Love has come to us, it has come.
And it has thrown us, thrown us.
And the dark eyelash attached us to the wind
And the dark eyelash attached us to the wind

And the wind threw us and made us dizzy (Kinda like saying swept us off our feet) (CHORUS)
And he who attached us, Release us! (reapeat 3 times)
He's my love, he is on my mind
He's my love!!!! he is on my mind

You threw me in the sea of your two eyes
Woul you tell me, where you are leading me, and where are you going?
To a new wound (pierce)? or a sighing, or to a a joy are you taking me?
Why do I ask with such perperplexity?

Chorus

Pass us by oh you yearning, pass us by.
On the shore of the wind, let us land
My life is with him, my wind is his wind
My life is with him, my wind is his wind
Breeze, our footseps decorate
Stars, we embrace
Take us far away on your own.

Cast us away
Oh wind
Oh wind cast us away
Please, Passion don't one day hurt us
Bring us closer, don't separate us.
With our loved ones, our souls, elate
If yearning has us in its clutches
Give comfort to our souls.
Let us remain walking like this forever (Let's keep things like this forever)

Chorus

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Ya Msaharni (You who are keeping me awake) by Um Kalthoum

Adel, M.C. — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:07:04 GMT

This is such a beautiful song and for anyone who is interested, the instrumental introduction alone, which lasts about 4 minutes would make a great musical background for a belly dance performance.

Translation

Has it ever crossed your mind to ask about me? And my eyes are lacking sleep.. Oh you who keeps me awake. My heart asks me, what changed his situation (mind)? And it (my heart) tells me "really?" Did it ever cross his mind? Where is the richness of his heart? And where is the affection of his heart for me? Where is the sweetness of your closeness? Where is the love and yearning?

Oh you who forgot me. You are on my mind and your shadow (spector, apparition, phantom) does not part from my sight. Comfort me and empathize for my situation and have mercy on me (relieve me) of all my worries. Sleep does not smile upon my eyes and it never crosses your mind to ask about me.

Ask about the one who passed the night between hope and memory. And relieve my grieving heart and tells it we'll meet tomorrow. And tomorrow passes and the day after passes with neither a word nor a message. How many days are in a lifetime while your absense extends upon me.

Oh you who deprives my eyes of sleep! My thoughts are restless with you. Patients is not in my hands. And desire takes me to the see of your love. I ask my soul, "What is your crime?" My heart tells me that you dream about me. He's bound to care about us tomorrow and why do we remain abandonded.

Come let the night breeze spread the wings of desire. The abandonment has been long and my patients is short. And my life's days are passing. The days have been long.

Come to me immediatiely! I have words that I'd like to tell you. I have something to say. and there is something in my heart. There is passion in my heart that I will describe to you. And we'll live days that don't even exist in dreams. OH you...... you who are keeping me awake!

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