یا هل بنت و یا هل بنت
یا هل بنت و یا هل بنت
Hey, You Girl
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Arabic)
(English)
یا هل بنت و یا هل بنت
یل چنها (کأنها) گضبه (قضبة) اشبنت
لمن عدّوا صداقچ
ضل المشمت ینفت
المشمت شنهو مراده
ویعه الطگ (تطق) افّاده (فؤاده)
لاأکبر و أحنص أولاده
و المشمّت بعده ینفت
Hey you girl! Hey you girl,
Who looks like a bunch of dill,
To whom did you get engaged?
But the taunter denies it
Curse on him
I'll grow up and will show off
In front of his children
And he'll still deny it!
Notes
Transliteration
Yah hal-bent ya hal-bent
Ya al-chanha ghadhbat ashbent
Le-man 'addou esdaghek?
Dhal al-mshammat yanfet
Al-mshammat shenhou moradah?
Way'a tetogh offadah
La akbar o ahanos awladah
Wa al-mshammat ba'adah yanfet
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This song was compiled by Siham Sajirati who collected folkloric children songs of Arabs of Iran and published them in a book in 1999 called "Sajirati, Siham" (Helle Ya Rommane. Ahwaz: Khaledin publication house).
Many thanks to Fatima Baji for contributing, transliterating and translating this song.