Lullaby (Edit) from Lullaby by TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE, NAI BARGHOUTI, LEIGH-ANNE & NENEH CHERRY

Note: the English lyrics, written by Peter Gabriel, are not a direct translation from the Arabic, they are ‘inspired by’ the original lyrics.


For the Arabic lyrics, we have provided a guide translation in italics.

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

[Translation:
Mama, sing to the wind
Mama, sing my song]


Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

I wish my bones could form a bridge
And carry you to the other side
I wish my bones could form a bridge
To our home, our homeland; to our pride

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

O sing to the wind, Mama
O mama, sing my song
Is it better to die in freedom
Than a captive life enchained?

Choir:
Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā

O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind

Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā
O sing for me, mama,
Mama, sing to the wind


Nai:
Yam-mā mawīl al - ha-wā
Yam-mā mawīl - lī - yā
ḍarb al-khanājar wa-lā
ḥukm al-nad hal fīyā
[Translation:
I would rather a dagger’s stab than the rule of an oppressor]

Nai with choir:
Ya reit sadri Jiser wa a’abrek a’anu
Ya reit sadri jiser wa a’abrek a’anu
Wa’ish ana wiyak e’isha filisteeniya


[Translation:
I wish my chest were a bridge
To carry you to the other side
I wish my chest were a bridge
To carry you to the other side
So that you and I could live a Palestinian life together]


Wa Huboobu sunbulaten tamoot, satamla’u al-wadi sanabel
[From Mahmoud Darwish.
Translation: The seeds of a grain of wheat dying will fill the valley with grains]


Choir:
satamla’u al-wadi sanabel
satamla’u al-wadi sanabel
satamla’u al-wadi sanabel
[Translation: Will fill the valley with grains]

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