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Itganin

by Sami Ali and Sahar Hamdi

Illi shartit 3einhu bitganin
Whoever Catches her Eye Goes Crazy
[From the Album Yalla! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B6jlLOFqaM]

Illi shartit 3einhu bitganin x 2
Whoever catches her eye goes crazy
Talabtha nathara, oulitli yahanen(1) x 2
I asked for a look, she told me yehanen(1)
Yaganen yahanen,Yaganen yahanen,
Crazy, yehanen, crazy, yehanen
Yaganin, yaganin, taganin, itganen!
Crazy, crazy, you go crazy, I'm going crazy!
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*Humma helween alashan helween bi3amilu kedo ho
They are sweet because they go like this (make a movement)
Humma ta3ameen alashan ta3ameen bi3atalo keda ho (bi’arousu - Raqs) x 2
They are adorable because those who are adorable go like this (dance movement)
Kedo ho, kedo ho, kedo ho, keda, keda, keda!
Like this, like this, like this, this, this, this!
Allah ysamhak yalli fi bali
May God forgive what is on my mind!
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*Ala mahlik, hebini ala mahlik, ana zayik ana 3ize   x2
Take your time, love me slowly, I'm like you
Walla nasia …  ala mahlek, Stop, stop, stop, stop! Haram!
Take your time ... Stop ... It's forbidden!
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*3ala meen ya ibni hatila3ab? 3ala meen hata3amil mishakel? x2
Who are you going to play with? Who will you make trouble for?
Nehnu bardu bi-nila3ab, 3ala oula wal- shebakil
We also know how to play (games), with hoops and handcuffs
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La, la, ma fi nash fil-ghrera, asl el-ghera al hob khateera  x 2
Our bride has nothing to do with jealousy because jealousy is dangerous for love
 Insaha, ya rouh, insaha, wa inshtob tabasheer
 Forget it darling, forget it
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Abousini, sakit aley, wa kalimni barbish aley x 2
She looks at me, but doesn't talk to me, when she does talk she bats her eyes at me
As-sabah bedla, wa al-3aser bedla, ouli 3ala ey?
One dress in the morning and another in the afternoon, tell me, what's that?
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Mish ghrareeba lamma toghdor, ma-enta a’si. Mish ghareeba lamma tifakkar, mumkin nasi
It's not strange when you betray me, you are harsh. It's not strange when you remember, perhaps you forgot
Innama ana ashar wa enta tohgor, - la ya rouh mama
I stay up late, and you leave to go home to Mama
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Ta3abt albi, ya ghazel, ageelik yameen ageeli schmel x 2
You wore my heart out, gazelle, I go to your right, go you left
Ageelak keda tageeli keda. Allah yahadak, yalli fi belli
I go this way, you go that way. May God wear you down, you are on my mind

***

Ishi, ishi, wa helwa labsa shiftishi. Ishi, ishi, al-badr minha yakhtishi x 2
My my, your see-through clothes are pretty. My my, the moon is jealous of her
Ikhtishi? Ikhtishi? 3eib ikhtishi!
 Jealous? Jealous? Shame on being jealous!

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*Ana behebak ley enta la’? Ana 3aizak ley enta la’? x 2
I love you, why don't you (love me back)? I want you, why don't you (want me)?
Walla ruda hagri wa masha’a, la’, la’
No answer or desire? No, no.
La’, la’, la’, la’ , la’, la’ - No, no, no, no!
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The words and the order of the verses change from version to version.
(1) - Yehanen is an expression that shortens Allah yehanen aleik, which means “May God be kind to you.” This expression is used with beggars when you refuse to give them something. Instead you ask God to be kind to them. More loosely, this expression means “Good luck, I’m not giving you anything”.


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