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02 Jan 09 - 07:48 PM (#2530100) Subject: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: Haruo My Arabic is almost nonexistent, so I am at a loss to understand this music video, from the website of a Baptist church in Rama, Galilee: I would love to know what the lyrics say, how (if at all) they tie in with the reindeer-and-sleign set, etc. Haruo |
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02 Jan 09 - 07:55 PM (#2530104) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: Haruo If you see gobbledy-gook for text in the link, manually setting your browser's encoding to "Arabic (Windows)" will probably correct it, though now (unless you know the Arabic alphabet) it will look like chicken-scratches instead of swear words in Pig Latin. Haruo |
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03 Jan 09 - 11:33 PM (#2530948) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: Haruo refresh |
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06 Feb 09 - 02:58 PM (#2559317) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: Haruo Maybe now that we're away from the season someone will be able to help me on this? I know, I should ask the pastor, but... |
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07 Feb 09 - 08:19 PM (#2560465) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: melodeonboy That is such a cheesy video. I wish they'd had more close-ups of the reindeer! In the absence of a proper Arabic to English translator, I'll try and get you a rough (and I mean rough!) translation done by tomorrow. |
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07 Feb 09 - 09:13 PM (#2560504) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: Charley Noble Haruo- You might try posting this as a comment on Oldpoetry.com (click here!) They are more accustomed to dealing with Arabic translations of songs and poems than here at Mudcat. Charley Noble |
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08 Feb 09 - 05:56 AM (#2560663) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: melodeonboy They say it's a daily test of the believers We can trust in God, all the solutions are in his hands He promises and delivers I want the bare-footed one to bring me honey He guides me through the sea of my circumstances and guarantees my arrival Your kindness is extraordinary, your judgement fair and just As long as God's my guiding light, I've no need to fear And during the flux of the night my life becomes purified by the fire and I emerge a purer and greater person and your magnificence appears, And after the night the tears that I cry grow into rivers And in the twilight of the dawn my faith becomes proof The sweet fragrance of happiness spreads By the poison (?) of cure and treatment And I forget that I'm afraid And I forget that I'm injured And the one who sees me sees Jesus within me (It obviously doesn't rhyme in English - it does in Arabic!) |
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08 Feb 09 - 12:17 PM (#2560922) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: Haruo Thanks, Melodeonboy! |
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08 Feb 09 - 06:17 PM (#2561217) Subject: RE: Arabic song w/ reindeer ?? From: GUEST Nothing particularly Christmassy about it, though, so what's with the reindeer? Did they just film it at a Santa Claus Theme Park in Israel of all places, or what? Haruo |