[Intro] يللااااا آه يا حياتي (00:01) yallaaaa / aah / ya hayati (Let’s go!) / Ahhh / (My life…) [Pre-Chorus] يا غزالة / يا غزالة / آه (يا عيوني) (00:17) ya ghazala / ya ghazala / (ya ʿuyuni) Gazelle / Gazelle / (My eyes) متل القدر / إجِيتِ (00:23) mitl el-qadar / ejiti Like destiny / You arrived قلبي حافي / عم بيمشي وراكي (00:28) albi hafi / ʿam yimshi waraaki My heart / walks barefoot behind you برقص عالحيطان كرمالك / يا حلوة / حبّيني (00:32) baraqos ʿal-ḥiṭan kirmalik / ya ḥilwa / ḥibbini I’m dancing on walls for you / Sweet one / Love me [💃Dance break🕺] [Verse 1] عيونِك / بحر عسل / إنتِ نار ماشية (00:56)ʿyounik / baḥr ʿasal / enti nar mashiye Your eyes / a sea of honey / You are fire walking بس تمرقي / بينشعل نبضي (01:01) bas tamroqi / binshaʿil nabdi When you pass by / my pulse ignites بعيونِك / لقيت بيتي (01:06) bi ʿyounik / laqayt beyti In your eyes / I’ve found my home [Chorus] يا غزالة / يا غزالة / آه (يا قلبي) (01:10) ya ghazala / ya ghazala / (ya albi) Gazelle / Gazelle / (My heart) متل القدر / إجِيتِ (01:15) mitl el-qadar / ejiti Like destiny / You arrived قلبي حافي / عم بيمشي وراكي (01:16) albi hafi / ʿam yimshi waraaki My heart / walks barefoot behind you برقص عالحيطان كرمالك / يا حلوة / حبّيني (01:20) baraqos ʿal-ḥiṭan kirmalik / ya ḥilwa / ḥibbini I’m dancing on the walls for you / Sweet one / Love me [💃Dance break🕺] [Verse 2] كل دقّة قلب / بتغنّي اسمِك (01:34) kul daqqat alb / bitghanni ismik Every heartbeat / sings your name القمر / بيبتسم لمّا تحكي (01:36) al-qamar / biibtasim lamma tḥki The moon / smiles when you speak إنتِ قصيدة / السما كتبتها إلي (01:38) inti qasida / es-sama katabtiha ili You are a poem / the sky wrote for me [Bridge] يا نور عيوني / يا حياتي (01:44) ya nur ʿyuni / ya hayati Ah, light of my eyes / (My life) يا ملكة قلبي (01:46) ya malikat albi Queen of my heart لي لي آه يا يا يللااااا li li aah ya ya / yallaaaa! (01:48) La-la-ah-ya-ya / Let’s go! [Chorus] يا حياتي / يا غزالة / آه ( يا حياتي) (01:52) ya ghazala / ya ghazala / ya hayati Gazelle / Gazelle / (My life) متل القدر / إجِيتِ (01:56) mitl el-qadar / ejiti Like destiny / You arrived قلبي حافي / عم بيمشي وراكي (01:58) albi hafi / ʿam yimshi waraaki My heart / walks barefoot behind you برقص عالحيطان كرمالك / يا حلوة / حبّيني (02:01) baraqos ʿal-ḥiṭan kirmalik / ya ḥilwa / ḥibbini I’m dancing on walls for you / Sweet one / Love me [💃Dance break🕺] [Verse 3] حبّ وجمال / حتى ظلّي بيحنيلِك (02:25) ḥobb w jamal / ḥatta ẓilli biḥneelik Love and beauty / Even my shadow longs for you نار وعسل / قلبي بيدقّ / على صوت خطاكي (02:30) nar w ʿasal / albi biydaqq / ʿala ṣawt khaṭaaki Fire and honey / My heart beats / to the rhythm of your footsteps [Chorus] يا غزالة / يا غزالة / آه (يا روحي) (02:36) ya ghazala / ya ghazala / (yā rūḥī) Gazelle / Gazelle / (My soul) متل القدر / إجِيتِ (02:39) mitl el-qadar / ejiti Like destiny / You arrived قلبي حافي / عم بيمشي وراكي (02:41) albi hafi / ʿam yimshi waraaki My heart / walks barefoot behind you برقص عالحيطان كرمالك / يا حلوة / حبّيني (02:45) baraqos ʿal-ḥiṭan kirmalik / ya ḥilwa / ḥibbini I’m dancing on walls for you / Sweet one / Love me [Outro] يا غزالة / يا غزالة / آه / يا حلوة / حبّيني (02:50) ya ghazala / ya ghazala / aah / ya ḥilwa / ḥibbini Gazelle / Gazelle / Ahh… / Sweet one / Love me يا غزالة / يا غزالة / يللااااا / يا حلوة / حبّيني… (03:00) ya ghazala / ya ghazala / yallaaaa / ya ḥilwa / ḥibbini… Gazelle / Gazelle / Let’s go! / Sweet one / Love me… Notes: When it’s time for a random dance break… / ...وقت الرقص العشوائي [Additional notes] Notes (lyrics): “My gazelle,” “my eyes,” “my life,” "my soul," "my heart," etc. are endearments in Arabic. Note (music): Dabke is a Levantine dance style. See: [📖] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabke This track is not strictly dabke, as it includes much stronger elements of raï (Algerian folk music) and French touch (EDM/house). Also - Suno (sort of) got the dabke instruments down but went off the rails with the rhythm. A dabke track is usually more minimal, staccato, with narrower interplay between the primary instruments: mijwiz (pipes) and the davul (drum) and darbuka (small drum). ▶ Dabke drum (davul): https://www.tiktok.com/@jamalsippi/video/7018602428341783814 Dabke is performed as a line dance led by a lead dancer. It can get acrobatic, with dancers - literally - dancing on walls. If you’d like to see dabke vs. gravity in action, below are some clips for browsing. [💃Dabke / Just for fun🕺] ▶ “POV: You join the dabke circle but this is the line leader” https://www.tiktok.com/@ahmed_abushaikha/video/7654058733634358541 ▶ “POV: You’re the second person in a dabke line” https://youtube.com/shorts/4MhdzxZcfc4?si=yTHekqioitioGiTy ▶ “Dabke back of the line (🧘) vs. front of the line (🎢)” https://www.tiktok.com/@mariomawad/video/7573810536903642382 💬Funny commenters: "Help! The tippy-toes.😭" ▶ “POV: When you decide you’re finally ready to dabke and see this” https://www.tiktok.com/@therealkmz/video/7600273190769708310 ▶ “Popular Arabic dance moves: The clapper + the helicopter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xA5lgp_BgA ▶ “Popular Arabic dance moves: The ‘come here’ + windshield wiper” https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1OeKEA--NJI 💬Funny commenters: "These are the nonchalant ones - but when someone starts spinning a napkin and yelling 'Yalla!' ('Let's go!') you know it's about to get lit." ▶ “POV: He wants you to dance for him but you’re Arab” https://www.tiktok.com/@jennaaa9/video/7419719846893554987 💬Funny commenters: "This would work on me." ▶ No one: Arab men dancing dabke: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NCkX4Inxuho ▶ “Men when they dance dabke (Multi-part series)” 📍https://www.tiktok.com/@julinemass/video/7048432480411667759 💬Funny commenters: "The girl in the middle is fighting for her life." 📍https://www.tiktok.com/@julinemass/video/7064029381986880815 📍https://www.tiktok.com/@julinemass/video/7184667765456784683 ▶ Dabke dancers: https://www.tiktok.com/@mathking81/video/7176472788130139435 Note: Lead is well-known dabke dancer Tamer Akil ▶ More dabke dancers: https://www.tiktok.com/@monasmoment/video/7501572532819217710 💬Funny commenters: "Me when a spider lands on me." ▶ "Why you never join the dabke line" https://www.tiktok.com/@elioabroad/video/7611627082283633942 ▶ "Arabic dance styles by country" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s7tHl8FoLMY ▶ “When the dabke line leader is also the hype man/woman” https://www.tiktok.com/@globaldancesupreme/video/7387683056871542022 ▶ “POV: You’re at a Lebanese wedding” https://youtube.com/shorts/vtO-x7I_ss8?si=SkDMAwcQ3_BkbtAA ▶ “POV: When an Arabic song comes on” 🎧 https://www.tiktok.com/@farahfezz/video/7362338885889772842 🎤 https://www.tiktok.com/@tianadmn/video/7141722139509509378 💃https://www.tiktok.com/@dianaliofficial/video/7465354586589646113 🕺https://www.tiktok.com/@michaeljamescaa/video/7393434363112836394
