Shatti Ya Duniya
Rahbani Brothers
Recorded by Fairuz, folk music ensembles, among others.
"This is a Lebanese debke and I've had it in my file for fifteen years," writes Linda. "I have no idea where I got it."
Shatta ya duniye ta zeed
Mawzimna yehla
Tedfug my wa zari jdeed
Mhaglinta ya 'ala
Khilly 'a inek 'a dar
'a syaj illi killu zirar
Bukra shat wiye but ruh
Wa mniltaga bi anwar
Yahla 'id wa dhawy 'id wa nizra
Wa nlim 'anaquid
Wa nturny wa la tibya tfie
Tisrikny wahdi 'a mtul
Jam'a tilek hurz i zhoor,br> Yazmin, u mantur u fill
Zihr byed u galb i byed
Ya khawfi laqeek ab'id
Ruh unzur arth mwa'id
Rain in abundance
So that cour crop will get sweet
Let the water rise for more crops
And so that our field will grow,br>
Keep watch over our house
And on the roses covered with buds
Tomorrow winter will be gone
And we'll meet in spring
Holidays come and go and we
Plant and pick grapes
Wait for me and don't leave
Me alone looking for you
I picked you a bouquet of flowers
Jazmine, snapdragons and gardenias
With flowers in one hand
My heart in the other
I fear of finding you far away
Wait for me in the windy plain
Where the grapes are nearly ripe
Hide me in the shade of your eyes
My love for you torments me
Tell me again and again
Where we will meat at our special place
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