| In the Iraqi countryside, the man of the house traditionally wanted freshly baked hot bread with every meal | Consult your instructor for instructions on how to do this |
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| Um el-Oyoun el-Soud Mother of Black Eyes , 1963• If you wish to translate articles from Shira | Song lyrics are provided for educational purposes |
He died in 1963, in his early 40's.
15| net into a language other than English, Shira will be happy to post your translation here on Shira | The reference to bread means that she's not only beautiful, but also has domestic skill of baking bread |
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| Lyrics Numbers in parentheses refer to footnotes that appear at the bottom of the translation | If you speak Iraqi Arabic and English and or Hebrew fluently Needed at least fluent Iraqi Arabic and fluent English and can so please add translation in English or in Hebrew and attach the original lyrics to the translation, repeat in writting on every word in the song, and if there's something in the song which is hard to non native Arabic speakers like me to understand so explain |
It is also noteworthy that she protects her respectability by placing the loaf behind the oven while she remains in front of the oven and therefore keeps the structure between them.
21| Material from this web site may not be posted on any other web site unless permission is first obtained from Shira | Also included is a transliteration of the Arabic lyrics into the Roman alphabet so you can sing along if you like |
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| However, a few years later he was inspired by the great singers of his youth, including Oum Kalthoum, Asmahan, Farid al-Atrache, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Leila Murad, and Nagat al-Saghira | The fact that she went indoors at sunset is intended to suggest that she is respectable, because in the mind set of the rural areas of Iraq, a young woman protects her chastity by staying indoors after dark |
He started his performing arts career as an actor.
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