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Fairuz - New Year's Eveفيروز - عيد الدنيEid al Dunnye

This song is composed to the tune of "O Christmas Tree" Fairouz - New Year's Eve It's New Year's Eve and my house is full of gifts and decorations There's candles and bells ringing in the distance And red-colored flowers and wine New Year's Eve, staying up late with my beloved It's New Year's Eve Just you, me and a little tree covered in lights There's a yellow lantern and snow on my doorstep And the stars are shining like the snow And under the rain/winter a new year is coming Who knows what it has in store? A year has gone and another has arrived It's white and new May it draw smiles on the faces of the children And may it give the people a new life And as a year falls asleep and another awakens May you remain my beloved فيروز - عيد الدنيا عيد الدني راس السني بيتي هدايا و زيني في شموع و جراس تدق بعيد و زهور لونا أحمر و نبيد عيد الدني راس السني سهرا أنا و حبيبي راس السني أنتا و أنا و سجرة زغيري مضوايي قنديل أصفر على بابي و تلج و نجوم عم تل...

Fairuz - Christmas Eve (Jingle Bells)فيروز - ليلة عيدLaylat Eid

This is a Christmas song from Lebanon by Fairuz sung to the tune of jingle bells. A lot of the imagery does not translate well (much like the imagery in the song jingle bells when you think about it) but I've tried to render the meaning here in English as best I can, though I think if you really want to get the sense the song is conveying you could probably just listen to jingle bells in English. Fairouz - Christmas Eve Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve, tonight is Christmas Eve Decorations and people gathered The sound of bells ringing in the distance Friends finding presents behind the door There's a tree in house with the children running around it The tree is all dressed up for Christmas (literally, it's become like a holiday or part of the holiday) and there is bracelet on (my) hand (because it is a holiday, this line doesn't translate easily, but it is just giving some Christmas imagery) And I'm hanging songs and bunches of grapes on the tree Oh you nativities shin...

Hati yang Gembira

Hati yang gembira adalah obat S'perti obat hati yang senang Tapi semangat yang patah Keringkan tulang Hati yang gembira Tuhan senang

Abdel Halim Hafez - Wandererعبد الحليم حافظ - سواحSawwah

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I've seen "sawwah" translated as "vagabond," but I'm gonna use wanderer because vagabond has negative connotations that I don't think are intended. The word is inteded to convey the idea of someone who wanders or roams around, which a vagabond does, but vagabonds have a reputation for being beggars or thieves or having other negative attributes. This is one of Abdel Halim's classics. Shame on all of you who found this song for by searching for Ishtar's cover of this song called "Habibi Sawwah" Abdel Halim Hafez - Wanderer A wanderer Walking in the countryside And the distance (literally step) between my and my beloved is vast In a faraway land where I am a stranger The night approaches as the day leaves And if you find my love say hi to her for me Reassure me about how she is doing so far away from me (here Abdel Halim's beloved is is "esmer," a word used to express the dark skin tone of people who are between white and b...

rejoice of the Lord

Rejoice of the Lord is my strength } 4X

up and down and shake, shake, shake

up and down and shake, shake, shake up and down and shake, shake, shake shake to the right, shake to the left up and down and shake, shake, shake up and down and shake, shake, shake up and down and shake, shake, shake turn to the right, turn to the left turn around and shake, shake, shake!

Najwa Karam - Garden Rosesنجوى كرم - ورود الدارWrood al-Dar

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The speech in this song is highly colloquial, and some of the versions of these lyrics online seem to have a few mistakes. I've done my best to get the precise pronunciation in Arabic; the meaning in English should be more or less correct. Najwa Karam - Garden Roses The fire of love is burning me I'm thirsty And the bitterness of separation No longer waters me My heart is injured My heart is injured My darling is the lone cure that heals me from my ahhhs (of sorrow) Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Don't cry my garden roses Continue singing in his absence And when he returns from the journey Be there to decorate his door I light candles for you daily And sit by your side praying for you I convey the ah (of sorrow) from my heart to tell you about my dreams If only you could see my eyes If only you could see my eyes My eyes that have melted in your absence Oh who will carry me to you So I can tell you please hold me And you would hold like this and ask me Oh my life, do you love me?...