samra ya samra lyrics - Kariim MaHmoud playing solo oud

Thread: samra ya samra lyrics - Kariim MaHmoud playing solo oud

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  1. mkeberlein said:

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    Can someone who is fluent in maSri dialect help me with the lyrics to this old song in its version as performed by its composer?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD8q-67KrjU

    From other sources, I found these lyrics to the chorus and first verse:

    ﺳﻤﺮة ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮة ﻣﱠ*ﺮّة ف ﻣﱠ*ﺮّة ﺷﻐﻠﻨﻲ ﻫواك
    دﻣﻚ ﺧﻒّ وﺗﺎج اﻟﻌﻒّ ﺷﺒﻜﻨﻲ ﻣﻌﺎك
    ﺳﻤﺮة ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮة ﺣﻠﻮﻩ ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮة ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮة ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮة

    ﺳﻤﺮة ﻳﺎ ﺣﻠﻮﻩ ﻳﺎ ﻟﺤﻦ ﻳﺎ ﻏﻨﻮﻩ ﻳﺎ أﺣﻠﻰ رﻧﻴﻦ
    ﺳﺤﺮ اﻟﺤﺎﺟﺐ دﻩ ﺑﻴﺘﻌﺎﺟﺐ ع اﻟﺤﻠﻮﻳﻦ
    ﺷﻔﺖ ﺑﻌﻴﺖ ﻣﻦ ﻧﺎري ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮة
    ﺗﺎي ﻛﺪﱠﻩ ﻣﺶ داري ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤرة

    واﻧﺖ اﻟﻜﺄس وﺷﻔﺎﻳﻔﻚ ﺧﻤﺮﻩ ﻳﺎ
    ﺳﻤﺮﻩ ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮﻩ ﺣﻠﻮﻩ ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮﻩ ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮﻩ ﻳﺎ ﺳﻤﺮﻩ

    I think I understand this first part of the song, but would welcome another translation of the above anyway.

    The second and third verses that he sings are different from what others have performed.
    I have learned his lyrics phonetically, but it would be easier to remember them while singing if I knew what he is saying.
    If the youtube version is not of clear enough quality, I could PM an mp3 of the recording as I purchased it from itunes.

    Mike Keberlein
    rhythmoasis.com
     
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  3. mkeberlein said:

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    Thanks Tahira. That site is actually where I got the lyrics I already have, but he sings the second and third verse with different lyrics from anything I have found so far on line (and his enunciation is very clear in the original recording). I can write out what I hear phonetically, along with my best guesses about the individual words, but it would almost certainly be wrong. For most of the songs I sing (I play oud) it really helps to have the lyrics in arabic script, to remove the uncertainty that comes with transliteration.
     
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    AH! So I acannot help you any further as I do not speak arabic. Hope somebody else helps you.