Sunday, January 9, 2011

I am the Wind أنا الهواء

This song is in Levantine dialect:

الهواء = الريح
ق is not pronounced
شو = ما
ها = هذه
مرحى = bravo! hurrah!
شو هالفرحة = what joy!
كبوت pl كبابيت: one of those words to be careful of, as it means different things in each dialect. Generally, it means 'hood', so it can be an item of clothing with a hood, or even a hat, but it's also a 'hood' of a car (US English; UK English 'bonnet') and even a condom (Saudi dialect). In this song, it refers to a dress.