Welcome to a new post. Today, I’d like to share with you a unique theme song of an old TV cartoon show برنامج رسوم متحركة from my childhood. The cartoon is called “Global Tales” and it was released  تم إصداره in Japan in 1979. It was then adapted and dubbed into Standard Arabic تمت دبلجته إلى العربية الفصحى and became very popular in the Arab world. For this post, I will share the Arabic lyrics (introduction and ending songs) and provide you with an English translation of those.

 

 

This animated series سلسلة الرسوم المتحركة was composed of many episodes and each episode focuses on one or two short stories from a specific part of the world. Some of the stories are also adaptations of Classics Literature الأدب الكلاسيكي, such as Les Misérables البؤساء  by Victor Hugo.

*For those interested in this series in Arabic, you can find many episodes on this YouTube channel. I think it’s a great resource for learners who would like to improve their listening and comprehension skills. It should be fairly accessible to advanced learners.

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Let’s now listen to the first part of the theme song (the introduction part).

 

شارة البداية

Theme song (Introduction)

 

 

في قصص الشعوب ،، في قصص الشعوب

In people’s stories, in people’s stories

 

طرائف لا تنتهي

anecdotes that never end

 

 وعالم حلو بهي

and a beautiful, gorgeous world

 

يسكن في القلوب

that lives in hearts

 

في قصص الشعوب

In people’s stories

 

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من كل بلاد الدنيا ،، من كل بقاع الأرض

From all the world’s countries, from all parts of the earth

 

قصص شتّى

various stories

 

تُروى حتّى

 even told/ narrated

 

نعرف أحوال الانسان

we know/ understand human conditions

 

 والكل هنا جيران

and all here are neighbours

 

فإذا زرناهم بالصوره

so, if we visited them through the picture

 

في أحلى دنيا مسحوره

in the most beautiful, enchanted world

 

كي نتسلّى ،، صرنا أهلا

to have fun, we became family

 

فإذا زرناهم بالصوره

so, if we visited them through the picture

 

في أحلى دنيا مسحوره

in the most beautiful, enchanted world

 

كي نتسلّى صرنا أهلا

to have fun, we became family

 

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And finally, here is theme song (the ending part).  

 

شارة النهاية

Theme song (ending)

 

 

فإن سررتم معَنا

So if you were happy with us

 

نأمل أن سنلتقي

we hope to meet

 

في حلقة جديدة

in a new episode

 

 وقصة مفيدة

and a useful story

 

في حلقة جديدة

in a new episode

 

 وقصة مفيدة

and a useful story

 

يسودها الجوّ النقي

where a pure atmosphere prevails

 

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في قصص الشعوب ،، في قصص الشعوب

In people’s stories, in people’s stories

 

طرائف لا تنتهي

anecdotes that never end

 

 وعالم حلو بهيّ

and a beautiful, gorgeous world

 

يسكن في القلوب

that lives in hearts

 

في قصص الشعوب

In people’s stories

 

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