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Songs/Ya Hawa, by Wa'il Kfure (also Wael Kfoury)

Some Lebanese songs have accent when composers tend to keep a certain rhyme.

It often happens with the way vowels are pronounced, especially with the ‘e’ which in some songs would be pronounced as ‘a’ or ‘ii’. The lyrics are written below as they are pronounced by the singer. In case the song has an accent, another version will be posted showing how the Lebanese would pronounce the words of the song when using them in regular conversation *.


Lyrics

Ya Hawa

By: Wa’il kfure, also (Wael Kfoury)

 

Ya Hawa ruhv w illo
illo ktiir cta'tillo
Law baddo xomre killo - Baxtvii

W lamma ya hvobb triddo
Rahv kammil ximre hvaddo
Nare ttvaffiilo bardo w daffii

Riddo ya hawa lxinde
Assvirle lmasafat
Hvamil bii iide Iwarde
Ahat w zikrayat
Hvabiibe yalle bhvibbo
Albe mxalla' bii albo
W xam bihvlam fii

Bghanniilo ma byismaxne
Hatta yhvinn w yi'caxne
W min l waddaxne bnade
Nayyamt ssvura hvadde
Ghaffayta xal mkhade
Ghammadvt xyune w badde ghaffii

Riddo ya hawa lxinde
Assvirle lmasafat
Hvamil biI iide Iwarde
Ahat w zikrayat
Hvabiibe yalle bhvibbo
Albe mxalla' bii albo
W xam bihvlam fii

Lyrics (without accent)

* The song does not have a major accent except for the two words:

"Masafat" is pronounced "masefet"', and "zikrayat" is pronounced "zikrayet" in Lebanese conversation.

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