ALPS Beirut wishes you happy holidays and a wonderful start to 2020. Please note our last day of class is December 20th and we start private tutoring on January 2nd and group classes on the 6th.
If you want to say Merry Christmas or Happy New Year in Lebanese Arabic – here’s how.
This year we wanted to share a song from Fayrouz with you and show you the lyrics in Arabic and English.
كنّا نزين سجرة صغيرة ونعلّق فيها اجراس
عليها نجوم بيلمع لونا بيلمع متل الألماس
مليانة تلج ومليانة ملبّس أبيض بكياس
يا اجراس وعّي الناس للقداس يا اجراس
يا اجراس الليلة عيد وعّي الناس
كان عليها مسابح زرقا وشمع صغير ولمبات
حمرا وصفرا تضوّي وتطفي بتشبه ضوّ الطرقات
بين غصونا شرايط فضّة ورفّ طيور وبالونات
يا اجراس وعّي الناس للقداس يا اجراس
يا اجراس الليلة عيد وعّي الناس
نقعد حتّى نطلّع فيها نلاقي في عليها قلوب
ميّة طابة حمرا نفزع إنّو توقع وتدوب
فوقا كارت صغير ملوّن وبقلبو في مكتوب
كل عيد وإنتو بخير إنتو بخير إنتو بخير
كل عيد وبلدي بخير بلدي بخير
We used to decorate a small tree and hang some bells in it
They had stars shining brightly, shining like diamonds
Full of snow and white dragees in small bags
O bells wake up the people for the mass, O Bells
Wake up the people for the mass
O bells today is joy, wake up the people
It had blue rosaries, small candles and lights
Red and yellow bulbs light up and float like street lights
Amidst the branches were silver ribbons, birds’ racks and balloons
O bells wake up the people for the mass, O Bells
Wake up the people for the mass
O bells today is joy, wake up the people
Let’s sit and look at them, we’d look at hearts in there
A hundred red balloons we fear they fall and melt
And over them, a small colored card, a letter
Happy Eid and you be well, you be well
May my country be well, be well
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