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Weyn Allah? (Where Is God?)
Allah gowwina kollina (God is inside all of us)
Here we are alone together in Isolation
Here we are alone together now
So much time to think
So much time to worry
Wondrin' 'bout the world
Worried 'bout the hungry
People are opressed
For the colour of their skin
People are put down
While the world goes round and round
Indigenous, beige skin, brown skin, black skin
And across the ocean don't forget the Palestinians
Rise up, where's the justice in this world
Rise up, we must make our voices heard
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Translation:
The world is hard and we are all scared
Don't be scared, my children
The world is changing, and so are our feelings
My loves, my loves
Let's create the world
That we want to see
Share all of the beauty and the light
From your souls to the world
The light is in all of us
Wake up your minds, and see the glory
Share all of the beauty and the light
From your souls to the world
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Humanity (Bora)
03:25
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Translation:
Best
We believe in the best
We believe in the goodness of people
Humanity
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Spencer's Kitchen
01:45
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The Sky Is Falling
03:49
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And the sky is falling ...
Why do I feel happy? Why do I feel grand?
If the sky is falling, I don't understand
I feel so free, when I feel the cooling breeze
I feel so free, when I watch the moving trees
You gotta slow down, walking barefoot on the grass
You gotta slow down, just breathe and just relax
You gotta slow down, watching families in the park
You gotta slow down, while the dogs around you bark
And the sky is falling ...
The world's beauty's full of mystery
All people just need love and kindness
Open your eyes and see the beauty
We're all connected we can heal
And the sky is falling ...
Le monde a des mystères de beauté (The world has mysteries of beauty)
Il s'agit d'en trouver la clé (We just have to find the key)
D'ouvrir les paupières du matin (To open your eyelids in the morning)
Saisir la vie comme une main (To grasp life like a hand)
You gotta slow down, making space for what's to come
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Heaven's Nay
01:00
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Translation:
The beginning and the end
And in between them, there is life
Oh love, where are you?
In our souls, in the gardens
Oh love where re you?
In the sky, in the seas, all around us, in the stars
Fly bird, Ah
Fly my bird, Fly to paradise
Fly my love, Fly my heart
Fly my love, fly to paradise
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Little Moments
01:19
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Duniya Farewell
04:30
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My love, my heart
You are with me forever
Our souls are intertwined, oh heart
The love between us
Our children have grown
They are the beauty and the light
We will see through their eyes
Love of my heart
What do you think life's about?
What's the most important thing?
How do we show up for each moment in time?
To fully realize our true wonderness
To create our beauty's trust
To fulfill our destiny
And to spread our love around
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Daff Heart
01:03
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Translation:
Come let's drum, oh people
The drum will bring us together
The rhythm will bring us together
With the rhythm of our hearts
Why, oh people, are you sitting like that?
There's no life in your beautiful eyes
-The world is lost
Each person in the world can bring back hope
-How? Help us understand
Take care of our beautiful lives, The earth is paradise
Open your eyes, look with your hearts
Nature is full of beauty, we have to give thanks to her
And take care of her
Let's drum, on the drum, let's drum
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Hard Life/Maisha Magumu
01:04
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Translation:
Life is very hard
Very very hard
Let's find a way to make life easy
To make life easy, easy
Respect
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Translation:
A man of the sands, Treeless plains
Leaves his country beyond the dunes
Runs toward fortune because heaven for him
It's just a garden in the rain
Peace and Safety
I salute you
Peace and Safety
I'll be back with peace and safety
In the big world with its many countries
I've travelled around and around and around
And when my first love called,
I left it all and came back
And threw myself in my love's arms and I sang
Peace and safety,
We left and returned in peace and safety
It was a mirage, there was no river
And the good and rich sweet land was just sand
He resumes his journey to another source
He will eventually find the well of freedom
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Translation:
Tonight we're going to have fun, tonight
We'll forget our problems, get up my love
We miss our loved ones tonight
Let's dance all night and release our worries
We don't have a penny to our name, not a penny
Come my loves, let's forget and just dance tonight
No more tears, my loves, no more tears
How is that going to help us, no more tears
This is a new day, my loves, a new day
Look into the sun, smile,
Tomorrow we will try again
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Al Qahwa Toronto, Ontario
Al Qahwa Ensemble is Maryem Tollar on vocals, riqq (Arabic tambourine) & qanun (Arabic table harp); Ernie Tollar on wind instruments; Demetri Petsalakis on oud; Naghmeh Fahrahmand on percussion. They perform original compositions, and popular traditional Arabic repertoire – from Sufi Devotional Love songs to popular folk songs, to classic Egyptian songs made famous by the stars of Egypt. ... more
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