Fog elna khel (فوق النخل) - arr. Salim Bali / Barkev Taslakian

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Solo: Mohamed Alsamna, Ibrahim Khano, Ali, Omar, Lisanne, Maartje
Choir: Kamerkoor JIP, the Netherlands
Conductor: Imre Ploeg
Video: Eva Oosterveld and Marijn Meijer Bodisco Massink

Traditional Syria / Iraq, arr. Salim Bali (Syria, *1946) / Barkev Taslakian (Lebanon, *1964)

فوق النخل فوق ، يابا
فوق النخل فوق
مادري لامع خدّه ، يابا
مادري القمر فوق
والله ماريده
باليني بلوة

خدك لمع يا هواي
عيني واضوى على بغداد
عني مِتم ربكّ بيك
عيني وبخلقتك جاد
سابيني والله، وبحالي شسوى
بالله يا مجرى المي
يابا سلّم عليهم، عليهم
صعبانة الفرقة علي
يابا اشتقنا إليهم، إليهم
والله ما ريده، باليني بلوة


Fõg elnã khel, fõg, ya ba,
fõg elnã khel, fõg
madri lãma’ khaddah, ya
ba, maderi-l-gumar, fõg
w Alla mã ridãh, bãlini
balwã

khaddak lima’ yã huwãy,
‘eyni, wãdwa ‘lã Baghdãd
metma’ ni Rabbak bik,
‘eyni, wib-khilgitak jã d
w Alla sãbini, wibhã ali-sh-
sawwã

b Alla yã mãjra-l-may, ya
ba, sallem ‘ãleyhum,‘ãleyhum
sa’bãna-l-furgã ‘ãlay, ya
ba, shtagnã ileyhum, ileyhum
w Alla mã ridãh, bãlini
balwã

There above, I have an
intimate friend.
Is it his cheek that shone? Or is
it the moon up above?
By God, I do not want him; his
love troubles me.

Your cheek shone, my love,
and lit over Baghdad.
Good took his time creating
you, and was indeed generous.
By God, I am taken by him; I
don’t know what to do with myself.

By God, o water course, give
my regards to them.
It’s so hard being apart; I do
long for my loved ones.
By God, I do not want him; his
love troubles me.