arabic yemenite accent

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    moshad said:

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    can anyone help translate this words ?
    the song is half Hebrew half Arabic (yemeni accent)
    I can understand some words, but not all .
    you can here the song here

    YouTube - "ליאור פרחי + ציון גולן - "פסק זמן

    the Arabic lyrics (as far as I can understand) :

    Isal al nigoom wsal al gamar (ask the starts and ask the moon)
    cam bo min waga3 wcam bo min sabar (????????)
    3ind lakh khabar , 3ala galbi (heart) ghafi (??????????? i'm not sure I even wrote the words right)
    3al lal 7ub fi 5afi sababi (about the love in my young .... ???? what is 5afi ?? )

    rais al mal ya 7abibi isma3 calami (rais = head almal=the property rais al mal = the head of the property .. is that like mu5tar ? isma3 calami =here my words)
    6aba3 al me7iba ,6aba3 al me7iba ( 6aba3 = ? me7iba= love)
    sahir fil lile al aswad , sali bil 7ubi ( lile al aswad = the dark night ?? , i'm happy in my love)
    kun isma3 al banat , wfa ma dunya (go here the girls ,wfa ma dunya =?)
    mn yidri al jawab , mn ya3alimna ( who will know al jawab=? and who will teach as )
    ya malka rigal , 6aigi lak gamal (????????)
    al 7ub lashkal wil3amal (the love ...?????)

    can anyone help ?
    thanks
    moshe
     
  2. ivybag said:

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    this is yemeni arabic? i don't know yemeni but i always imagined i wouldn't understand it, and i was right.

    al jawab means the answer thats the only thing im sure of there
     
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    moshad said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by ivybag View Post
    this is yemeni arabic? i don't know yemeni but i always imagined i wouldn't understand it, and i was right.

    al jawab means the answer thats the only thing im sure of there
    really ??? maybe I wrote the words wrong , did you try to listen to the song ,
    notice that it's Yemenite arabic only when the right guy sings ,
    when the left guy sings it's Hebrew
    moshe
     
  4. Monox D. I-Fly said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by moshad View Post
    wfa ma dunya =?
    "dunya" means "world"