Last week, we started studying the lyrics of the theme song زرّيعة قلبي , plants of my heart – that is a part of a national initiative مبادرة وطنية in Lebanon to encourage people to grow their own vegetables. After studying at the first part of the song, we continue looking at the rest today. Enjoy!

 

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**Follow from 00:56 till the end of the clip.

كلمات الأغنية

The Lyrics

 

وجباتك

Your meals

 

حليباتك

Your milk

 

جبناتك

Your cheese

 

لبناتك

Your labneh

 

والخبزه والزيتونه

And the bread and the olive

 

وكل المونه

And the whole pantry

 

يلّلا

Come on

 

باتنجال  

Eggplant

 

بندورة

Tomatoes 

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طول ما جيابك مقدوحة

As long as your pockets are torn

 

¹Literal meaning of سحسوسة: hit you on the back of your neckوالبنك طرقك سحسوحة 

And the bank let you down 

 

شو بعدك ناطر

What are you still waiting for?

 

كبّ البزره يللّا

Drop the seed, come on 

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الجاي مش متل الماضي

What’s next is not like what’s passed

 

ما تترك رقعه فاضيه

Don’t leave a patch empty

 

رزقك بإيدك

Your livelihood is (earned) by your hand

 

إيه والله

Yes, indeed 

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اللّوبيا

beans

 

والكوسه

Courgette

 

 بندوره

tomatoes

 

بنعوزها

We need it

 

والروكّا

And rocca

 

والخيار

And cucumber

 

والبازيلّا

And peas

 

وهالخبار

And those stuff

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ع شبّاك الصالون

By the living room window

 

بالبورة وعالبلكون

In the heath (uncultivated land) and on the balcony

 

تاكل وتطعمي كل الجيره منّا

You eat and feed all the neighbours from it 

 

والشتله تصفّي شجره

And the seedling becomes a tree

 

بيضة الدجاجه عشره

The hen’s egg is ten

 

كم عنزة بضهرون ما شاء الله

And a few goats with them, Mashallah 

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تبّوله

Tabboule

 

مجبوله

made

 

من إيدك يا خحوله

By your hands, you shy (lady)

 

المربى والمونه

The jam, and the pantry

 

بطاطا

potatoes

 

سلاطات

salads

 

ازرعها وتلّي هالمدى

Plant it and fill the space

 

حتى ما تعوز حدا

So that you don’t need anyone

 

قطّف وطعمي كلّه طازة اسم الله

Pick and feed, all is fresh, God bless

 

بالفواكه أو بالخضرة

With fruits or with vegetables

 

بنرجّع أرضي خضرا

We bring our land green

 

بركي هالضّيقة منحلّها

Maybe we sort this situation out

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عالساحل أو بالضيعه

By the coast or in the village

 

²The phrase: بضهر البيعة is a ready phrase that means something like: “might as well, as a consequence of”بنزرعها بضهر البيعه

We plant it as well 

 

بنستثمر فيها ونتسلّى

We invest in it and have fun

 

اقتصادك بيعاني

Your economy is suffering

 

ما عندك حلّ تاني

You don’t have another solution/choice

 

شمّر ع زنودك ويلّلا

Roll up your sleeves and come on

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• 1
  Literal meaning of سحسوسة: hit you on the back of your neck
• 2
  The phrase: بضهر البيعة is a ready phrase that means something like: “might as well, as a consequence of”