Wust El Balad - Wust El Balad [*]

Hello guys.. once again asking for your help... (arabic and english translation)


The song is here:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/54190027293b9050/





by the way
you know the melody is based of a mexican song called La Cucaracha
I'm mexican, and really I don't mind this great band use it... I love it

وسط البلد

فات كام سنه من عمرنا من عمر فرقه اتكونت بس ليها كام سنه
fat kan sana men 3omrena men 3omr fer2a etkawenet bs leeha kam sana
how many years have passed from our life from the life of a band that was formed but how many years does it have
شفنا كتير مع بعضنا بس زي ما احنا شفنا انتم شفتم زينا
shofna kteer m3 ba3dena bs zay ma e7na shefna entom shftom zaina
we saw (or been through) a lot together but like we saw you saw like us

شفنا ايه في وسط البلد وعرفنا مين في وسط البلد
shofna eih fi wast el balad w 3refna meen fi west el balad
we saw what in downtown (it literally means the center of the country) and we knew who in downtown
شفنا المسافر والمهاجر و القريب و البعيد والمثقف و العميد شفنا الي مبدع و إللي فاكر
shofna el mesafer w el mehager w el 2areen w el ba3eed w el mothaqaf w el 3ameed shofna elly mobde3 w elly faker
we saw the passenger and the emigrant and the close and the far and the educated and the chief we saw the creative and the one who remembers

انه مبدع شفنا عمه وجلابيه شفنا طرحه و مشربيه شفنا بدله وجينز وحريم اجنبيه
eno mobde3 shefna 3amo w glaby shofna tar7o w mshrbya, shofna badla w jeans w 7areem agnabeea
that he's creative, we saw a cap and a dress(traditional wear) and a scarf and drinks,we saw a suit and jeans and foreign women
خيراتيه فنانين علي فلاحين بشوات علي شحاتين من الصعيد و بحراويه
khairaty, fananeen 3ly fla7een, bshwat 3ly sh7ateen men el sa3eed w ba7rawya
good people, artists and farmers, high-class people and beggars from Sa3eed (place in Egypt) and sails men


This is very Egyptian so I translated how I understood the song generally

Originally Posted by sohuda

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This is very Egyptian so I translated how I understood the song generally

yeah is very egyptian because they are from Cairo... thanxs so much for your help!!

you're welcome

Hi sohuda,

could you tell me the meaning of the following please.

والمثقف و العميد

وجلابيه طرحه و مشربيه
بشوات علي شحاتي

to Zahra2008: I've made some changes to the translation.
to ab123:
والمثقف و العميد
the educated and the cheif
وجلابيه طرحه و مشربيه
a dress, scarf and drinks
بشوات علي شحاتي
high-class people and beggars..

Now this is what they generally mean, because this is really truly Egyptian, so some Arabs might not understand it clearly, so I did my best

Originally Posted by sohuda

to Zahra2008: I've made some changes to the .......

may I ask you why?

Originally Posted by sohuda

to ab123:
والمثقف و العميد
the educated and the cheif
وجلابيه طرحه و مشربيه
a dress, scarf and drinks
بشوات علي شحاتي
high-class people and beggars..

Shokran sohuda

because I listened to the song, I didn't before, and now I've added some things

Originally Posted by sohuda

because I listened to the song, I didn't before, and now I've added some things

ohh so the changes are for better then?... thanxs so much for your help and for your time on it.... I really apreciate it....

Sooooo nice work sohuda, you did a good job, only minor changes are needed and the reason is, as you mentioned, the colloquial egyptian arabic ... if you don’t mind, I will, suggest some modifications on your version. And I hope that you'll accept it .
p.s. Modifications are in bold.


- فات كام سنه من عمرنا من عمر فرقه اتكونت بس ليها كام سنه
- fat kam sana men 3omrena? men 3omr fer2a etkawwenet bs leeha kam sana.
- How many years have passed from our life? From the life of a band that's just formed since only few years.

شفنا كتير مع بعضنا، بس زي ما احنا شفنا انتوا شفتم زينا-
' shofna kteer m3a ba3dena, bs zay ma7na shofna ento shftom zayyina

شفنا ايه في وسط البلد؟ وعرفنا مين في وسط البلد؟-
- shofna eeh f-wist el balad? w-3refna meen f-wist el balad?
- What did we saw in downtown! and whom did we knew in downtown!

- شفنا المسافر، والمهاجر، و القريب، و البعيد، والمثقف، و العميد.
شفنا اللي مبدع واللي فاكر انه مبدع.
شفنا عمه وجلابيه.
شفنا طرحه و مشربيه.
شفنا بدله وجينز وحريم اجنبيه
- shofna el mesafer, wl-mehager, wl-2orayyib, wl- be3eed, wl-mothaqqaf, wl-3ameed.
Shofna-lly mobde3 w-lly faker enno mobde3.
shofna 3emma-w gllabyya.
shofna tar7a-w mashrbyya.
shofna badla-w jeans-w 7areem agnabyya
- We saw the passenger, the emigrant, the close, the far/enemy, the educated and the brigadier general*.
We saw that who is a creative and that who thought himself a creative. We saw a turban and a dress (traditional wear).
We saw a scarf and an oriel (the wooden arabisc window).
we saw a suit, jeans and foreign women

- خيراتيه.
فنانين علي فلاحين.
باشوات علي زبالين.
م الصعيد و بحراويه
- Kheeratyyah**, fananeen 3ly flla7een.
bashwat 3la zabbaliin.
me-sse3iid w ba7rawyya.
- [we saw] Parasitical people.
[we saw] artists & farmers.
[we saw] high-class people/or pashas*** and garbage collectors.
[we saw people] from upper and lower Egypt.

* I think they meant, by "3amiid": the military rank; brigadier general.
** kheeratyyah: they're parasitical people, who try to make use of tourists by offering "help" *thumb down* , mostly found in downtown & around sightseeing, so they are not good people ]
*** pashas : pasha is that title was granted during the ottomans.

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

by the way
you know the melody is based of a mexican song called La Cucaracha
I'm mexican, and really I don't mind this great band use it... I love it

i like it too, and undoubtedly i like La Cucaracha, especially Lila Downs' version.

ohh thanxs for improvements and for the explanations on the translation, I really appreciate it...

shoukran kteer !!

3afwan .. my pleasure

El~Egipcio: I don't mind at all, glad you corrected some stuff, coz ellahja el masrya mo e5tesasi, lol