Ghassan Saliba - Watani bya3refni

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  1. shamoosa said:

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC5imPe1iXs

    Ahh can someone translate the above into English for me? Pretty please.

    I will owe you BIG time!

    P.S. I tried to find the Arabic lyrics, but couldn't locate any, hopefully the youtube video wont be too much of a hassle. Shokran
     
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    Watani bye3refni w ana b3ref watani
    My nation (homeland) knows me and I know my nation

    Howe eghtana feyi w ana b watani ghani
    It is rich with me and I am rich with my nation

    Zara3ni b ardou ana
    It planted me in its soil/land

    Zara3tou b kel el dini
    And I planted it in the whole world

    B3ref el bayt w b3ref el 7ay w b3ref el bowabe
    I know the house and I know the neighborhood and the doors

    W raje3 mnel gherbeh fatesh 3an ghyabe
    And I've come back searching for my past

    Faye2 wein e7faret esmi 3adarfel shebak
    I recall where I carved my name, on the window sill

    Ya reit fi fare2 ka2abet el gherbeh
    If only I could separate the depression of absence

    Mndounek ya abi ka2abet el gherbe
    Without you, is a depressing absence

    Efta7li ya watani
    Open up for me, my nation

    7ezni kbeer fare2 el nass
    My sadness is deep, keeps people at a distance

    W fayaat elhayakel
    a structured morality

    W trok el karam wel baydar wel manajel
    And leave behind the (karam is like a piece of land kind of like a garden or field where you plant things, baydar is an area where you grind wheat and manajel are the hook-like metal that they used in the old days where they would chop the wheat)

    W esro2 ma7abet el nass eli 7abouni w roo7
    And steal the love of those who love me and leave

    Laken sar el maw3ed weslet el safini w ejet el rasayel
    But now it is time, the ship has arrived and the letters came

    Efta7li ya watani
    Open up for me, my nation
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    I left the repeats out and I'm sorry I couldn't give an exact translation for that one line cuz Im not sure of the English terms that would fit without making it sound semi-weird
    Ya reitni 2amle b sha3rak, kel lama ashta2lak atsa7sel w ashoufak ♥
     
  3. shamoosa said:

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    I love you Daydream! Shokran x 100
     
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    Daydream said:

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    ohh ure welcome dear
    Ya reitni 2amle b sha3rak, kel lama ashta2lak atsa7sel w ashoufak ♥