Our Songs for Tomorrow - "Tallou Hbabna" - concert at Palladium in Malmö, Sweden, on November 5, 2009

Spiritus Mundi presents Our Songs for Tomorrow, a unique musical meeting between Palestinian, Israeli and Scandinavian music students.

Together they perform traditional songs as well as original music, written during a one week workshop in Malmö, Sweden.

This video is taken from their concert at Palladium in Malmö, Sweden, on November 5, 2009.

English Lyrics:

Our Beloved Appeared (Tallou Hbabna)
Lyrics: Zaki Nassif
Composer: Zaki Nassif

Our beloved appeared;
so let the breeze of my country blow gently.
They settled in our lands; the valley's flowers laughed.
We sang in the shadow and met near the water;
The chanting bird on our branches won't forget us.
We are stories in its mind, and from us come the tones of its melodies.
When it likes the breeze, it chants between the trees.
From above our brown mountains, the dawn rose chatting with us.
In our green fields, roses started confiding in us.
The birds, on both sides, narrate the stories of the roads.
From far, we sang the cameleer's song,
telling him about a new love,
Pointing to him the tender brunettes,
and making him drink the feast wine. 

Arabic Lyrics:

طلوا حبابنا

طلوا حبابنا طلوا، نسم يا هوا بلادي
بين ربوعنا حلو، ضحكت زهرات الوادي
بالفيات غنينا، وع الميات تلاقينا
وع الاغصان ما حلو ينسانا الطير الشادي!
نحنا حكايات ببالو، ومنا نغمات موالو
لما النسمات تحلالو، بين الغابات بينادي!
فوق جبالنا السمرة، طل الفجر يحاكينا
بين مروجنا الخضرة، صار الورد يناجينا
والاطيار ع الميلين، تروي خبار دروب العين!
نحنا من بعيد نحديله، عن حب جديد نحكيله
ع السمر الغيض نوميله، من خمر العيد نسقيله