diff --git a/snippets.md b/snippets.md index cb70e62..d04fb49 100644 --- a/snippets.md +++ b/snippets.md @@ -939,6 +939,42 @@ head down on the table. ---- +Arabic Lullaby + +{% fa %} +دلول دلول یا ولد یا ابنی دلول
+عدوک علیل و ساکن الچول
+یا الولد یما الولد یما الولد
+للکبر نریده المچیده
+لیشیل المحامل و طریده
+فرگه الولد فرگه مچیده
+یما یا الولد یا غالی الثمان
+یا الولد یما الولد یسما الولد یما الولد
+نص اللیل حد بالنوم فزه
+یما عدالی بحضنی
+لیت الزه +{% endfa %} + +Daloul daloul! The boy, my son, daloul! (1)
+Your enemy is weak and lives in the desert (2)
+The boy, mommy! The boy, the boy, mommy! The boy,
+We want him for our old age, for the time of hardship
+For carrying loads and the hunted meat (3).
+Separation from the son is a very sad separation.
+Mommy! The boy, my dear child,
+In the mid night somebody has awoken him.
+Mommy! Though he is in my arms,
+I wish I could chase that person away.
+ +(1) Daloul in the local Arabic dialect means "my lovely", "my sweetheart" or +"fondness".
+(2) A very far unreachable flat place.
+(3) Hunted animals. + +https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=ec&c=67 + +---- + On marriage: We excerpted "The Irrational Season" for ours: