Rock el Casbah
From Shawshara
Rock el Casbah is a song by Rachid Taha from his album Tékitoi.
[edit/عدّل] Transliteration / ترجمة صوتيه
es-seltan gal l-boogie-men :
´´men had er-raga , berkaw !
wesh wesh had-el-fawd? ´´
el-petrol f-es-sah´ra ysil ,
esh-shix ysog el-callilac ,
rah hbet f-centre viile ,
kan derban ,
wella h´nesh ,
yestenna f-ras-el-mal...
sha-riff don´t like it ,
rock the casbah ! rock the casbah !
sha-riff don´t like it ,
rock the casbah ! rock the casbah !
amer esh-shix fat ,
´´qil-kum men-el-boogie !
ma tdiru , tdiru sh el-hul !
harzu ! harzu ! yteleff-kum ! ´´
el-badawiya xerrju sot ki shaf-hum esh-shix ,
baááed men-hum ,
wah´ed men-hum b-el-gitara ,
l-axur b-el-bendir yedrob ,
men-el-hudud txerju ,
men-el-h´ udud xerju !
xerju men-elh´udud !
en-nas tlaymu u tdahhru ,
f-ard ej-jmaáa ,
amma tbeddel er-rih´, mnin , mnin jay ?
beddlu , beddlu el-mizan ,
w-en-nas semáu es-sot ,
sot-el-gasba lli yhebbel !
el-wazir f-el-qsar áayyet l-el-áaskariya :
´´el-´an ra-h ja el weqt !
nudu txedmu shwiya !
siru telgu el-bumbat !´´
u xdaw et-tiyarat ,
u telgu el-bumbat ála-en-nas el-mujrimin lli nekrz klam es-soltan ,
f-el-idaáa semáu ,
áajbet-hum el-ughniya !
