This song is composed to the tune of "O Christmas Tree"
Fairouz - New Year's Eve
It's New Year's Eve and my house is full of gifts and decorations There's candles and bells ringing in the distance And red-colored flowers and wine New Year's Eve, staying up late with my beloved
It's New Year's Eve Just you, me and a little tree covered in lights There's a yellow lantern and snow on my doorstep And the stars are shining like the snow And under the rain/winter a new year is coming Who knows what it has in store?
A year has gone and another has arrived It's white and new May it draw smiles on the faces of the children And may it give the people a new life And as a year falls asleep and another awakens May you remain my beloved
فيروز - عيد الدنيا
عيد الدني راس السني بيتي هدايا و زيني في شموع و جراس تدق بعيد و زهور لونا أحمر و نبيد عيد الدني راس السني سهرا أنا و حبيبي راس السني أنتا و أنا و سجرة زغيري مضوايي قنديل أصفر على بابي و تلج و نجوم عم تلمع متل التلج و تحت الشتي جايي سني ما منعرف شو مخبايي راحت سني طلت سني لونا أبيض و جديدي الولاد ترسم عوجوهن عيد و الناس تعطيهن عمر جديد و تغفى سني و توعى سني و أنتا تبقى حبيبي
This is a Christmas song from Lebanon by Fairuz sung to the tune of jingle bells. A lot of the imagery does not translate well (much like the imagery in the song jingle bells when you think about it) but I've tried to render the meaning here in English as best I can, though I think if you really want to get the sense the song is conveying you could probably just listen to jingle bells in English.
Fairouz - Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve, tonight is Christmas Eve Decorations and people gathered The sound of bells ringing in the distance
Friends finding presents behind the door There's a tree in house with the children running around it The tree is all dressed up for Christmas (literally, it's become like a holiday or part of the holiday) and there is bracelet on (my) hand (because it is a holiday, this line doesn't translate easily, but it is just giving some Christmas imagery) And I'm hanging songs and bunches of grapes on the tree
Oh you nativities shining like sapphires How did you bring such snow, ribbons and moons to our home? Who's that coming from afar, giving out presents Knocking on the door and leaving, spreading joy to all? (i.e. it's Father Christmas/St. Nick/Santa Claus etc.)
فيروز - ليلة عيد
ليلة عيد ليلة عيد الليلي ليلة عيد زينة وناس صوت اجراس عم بترن بعيد ليلة عيد ليلة عيد الليلي ليلة عيد صوت اولاد تياب جداد وبكره بحُب جديد
عم يتلاقوا الاصحاب لهدية خلف الباب في شجرة بالدار ويدوروا اولاد صغار والشجرة صارت عيد والعيد اسوارة بأيد والإيد تعلق عالشجرة غنية وعناقيد
يامغارة كلها بيوت تلمع مثل الياقوت كيف جيتي عالدار ثلج شرايط واقمار مين اللي جاي بعيد عم بيرش مواعيد يدق بواب الناس ويمشي والخير علينا يزيد
The al-oud is the instrument commonly known as a lute (same name) in the West, a string instrument which has been replaced by the modern guitar but remains important in Arabic music.
The title "3oudak rannaan" means something like "your oud is resonant," which sounds awkward in English, but what she is saying is that it sounds so good when he plays.
Fairuz - Your Oud is Resonant
Your oud is resonant Lemme here the sound of your oud Play it again, keep playing it Lemme here the oud Play it loud again and again
Strum and keep strumming Tell me this tune is for you A true song and more beautiful than words Play a tune that enters my heart
All these people have gathered around the sound of your strings That string is sensitive, quit playing on the same string (what she is saying here is that he's really hit her soft spot with what he's playing, and the underlying meaning is that she's in love with him and she's really affected by what he's playing) You've really moved me Play it again and again
Strum and strum hard til you wake up everyone Night is not for sleeping here it's for staying up late You play so well, play for us
فيروز - عودك رنان
عودك رنان رنة عودك الي عيدا كمان ضلك عيد يا علي سمعني العود عالعالي عيدا كمان..عيدا كمان
دق ضلك دق قلي النغمه لكي نغمه عالحق واحلى من الحكي نغمه بتفوت .. ع قلبي
جامع هالناس على صوت الوتر وترك حساس حاجه تزن عالوتر تأثرت كتير. عليهن .. عيدا كمان وعيدا كمان
دق قوي الدق وعي كل البشر الليل مش للنوم هون الليل للسهر انت دقيق انت الزويق سمعنا
