YUMA
yuma weh abba weh masechakoom tebeeuni
bee-ul bagar wal ranam wal mah lifdeeni
yuma weh abba, willaw jakum matar philleyl
lah tichsabuu hin hoo matar, il damat eyni sel
yuma weh abba willaw jakum re-ood philleyl
lah tichsabu hin hoo re-ood, il dagat galbi sel
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DON'T MAKE ME LOVE HIM FOR MONEY
Oh father, mother don't make me marry him for money
I love another Whose eyes are kind and lips are honey
The cattle grazing fields are free
So why enbondage me
Your cows and oxen can be sold
Do not enslave my soul
Oh father, mother Your nights are stormed with rain and thunder
the water gushing from the sky
Is teardrops from my eyes
The thunder tearing skies apart
The Beating of my heart
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| Note: |
This song is a popular Yemenite folk song as well as a hymn in traditional Arabic.
The song became popular in Israel long after the declaration of the state even tho that's when it came to Israel.
An Israeli-American singer with Yemenite roots in her family Achinoam Nini aka Noa made the song popular. It was also translated and sung in English. |
| LYRICS |
| Trad. English Achinoam Nini |
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| MUSIC |
| Trad Yemenite (same Music As Ode Le'elie) |
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| SINGER |
| Achinoam Nini (noa) |
| Bnei Teiman Group |
| Uri Shevach |
| Zafa |
| Shoshana Damari Z''l |
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