Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Souad Massi - My Boy
سعاد ماسي - يا وليدي
Ya Wleedy

This song is off of Souad Massi's album entitled "Deb." Big thanks to Mohamed Salah who has provided an interpretation of the song in Egyptian Arabic in his blog, so that I can arrive at a translation.



Souad Massi - My Boy

You must get up early, my boy
And go run off to school, my boy
To become learned and educated, my boy
And be better than all the other kids, my boy
And as you get older, my boy
May your mind remain strong, my boy
And may you understand the world, my boy
Until you have a strong personality, my boy
You must get up, get up, early my boy

May you be proud, my boy
And choose whom you talk to and who you don't, my boy
And anyone that upsets you, stay away from him, my boy
And anyone that upsets you, stay away from him, my boy
May you be able to wreak havoc, my boy
And when things get serious, battle
You must get up, get up, early my boy

سعاد ماسي - يا ولدي

لازم تنوض بكري... ياوليدي
وتروح القراية تجري... ياوليدي
باش تخرج لينا قاري... ياوليدي
وتفوت كامل الدراري... ياوليدي
وبتكبر شوية... ياوليدي
وتولي عندك عقلية... ياوليدي
وتولي تفهم الدنيا... ياوليدي
حتى تولي شخصية...
لازم تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض بكري

تولي علينا تتكبر... ياوليدي
تخير ما عمن تقصر... ياوليدي
واللي قالقك يتغبر... ياوليدي
واللي قالقك يتغبر... ياوليدي
تولي اتهدم واتخرب... ياوليدي
وفي وقت الصح تحارب... ياوليدي
تولي اتهدم واتخرب... ياوليدي
وفي وقت الصح تحارب...
لازم تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض بكري

Lyrics transcription and Egyptian Arabic explanation from here

4 comments:

pattymohl@hotmail.com said...

great this translation!
is there also a translation of the first song off the album Deb? that will make me very happy. Patty

mo said...

انا اعتقد انها تقول "و فى الوقت الصح تهرب*" I think she says and the thw right moment escape* coz she's talkin about corrupted business men

mo said...

i think she's saying:
وفى الوقت الصح تهرب
at the right moment escape*
coz she's talking about corrupted people in the government or parliment and that explains at the beginning of the song the guy who was speaking. He seems to be promising his people to help them enhance their standard of living to elect him

Salma Dahab said...

بس هى بتقول " و فى وقت الصح تهرب" أنا سمعتها أكتر من مره ..
Hands up BTW (Y)