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I've been looking to add some timeless, classic Arabic love songs to my repertoire for weddings and engagement parties, and my awesome DJ colleagues were kind enough to give me some recommendations from their most-frequently requested songs!
This one comes from Studio Nada (instagram: studionadaphotography! Thank you, friend!
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"“Nassam Alayna-l Hawa” is a popular song composed by Assi and Mansour Rahbani and made popular by Fairuz. It was first featured in the 1968 film by the Rahbani Brothers titled Bint Al-Haris, in which Fairuz was the lead actress and sang this song.
In “Nassam Alayna-l Hawa,” the lyrics play on the double-meaning in the Arabic language of “hawa,” which translates to “love” or “breeze of air” and has been interpreted as an expression of the longing of diasporic Arab communities for their homelands. ... Certain features of the musical composition play a role in constructing meaning throughout the song. The use at the beginning of the song of the maqsum beat (a fast-paced, rhythmic pattern) and the buzuq (a stringed, long-necked instrument used typically in Arab folk music) serves, for example, to create an upbeat, happy mood as the image of a place with blowing breezes, valleys, and flowers is described. Further along in the song, however, the slower rhythmic patterns and lower tonal registers complement a verse of lyrics expressing fear and anxiety and create a dark musical space around the words. In particular, the use of the quarter tone-an intermediary scale between flat and sharp notes and a characteristic element of Arab music-adds to the dark mood in the middle and ending parts of the song by working in tandem with the lines, “khidni, khidni khidni ‘ala bladi” (“Take me home, Take me to my country”) to convey a sense of sad, nostalgic longing. The employment of tonal registers and rhythmic patterns to shape the meaning of a song has been argued to characterize much of the musical compositions of the Rahbani Brothers.
Assi’s marriage to Fairuz and subsequent musical collaborations led to the Rabhani’s Brothers’ fame around the Arab world, appealing to listeners from a wide variety of social and national backgrounds. Dubbed “The Soul of Lebanon” in the 1970’s, Fairuz became a preeminent superstar and a cultural and political icon, a symbol of a people, a heritage, and a voice for peace."
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English Translation:
The air breezed upon us
From the split of the valley
Oh breeze, for love's sake
Take me home
Oh love, oh love
That is flying in the breeze
There's a mantoura (flower) with energy and image
Take me to them, breeze
I'm scared, my heart
To grow up in this estrangement
Any my home wouldn't recognize me
Take me, take me
Take me home
The air breezed upon us
From the split of the valley
Oh breeze, for love's sake
Take me home
What's with us? what's with us?
Oh my love, what's with us?
We and you used to stay with us
And now we've separated, what's with us?
And the sun is still crying
At the door and doesn't talk
And the love of home is talking
Take me, take me
Take me home
The air breezed upon us
From the spirit of the valley
Oh breeze, for love's sake
Take me home
lyricstranslate.com
29 авг 2023
