Rap it Up: El Sayeq El Lubnani

To all those going out to have fun at our country's many night spots, remember, the journey is not a show of strength or Machismo, its a way to get to where you are going, so read the poem below, laugh a little, learn a lot. Drive safe, don't drive drunk, stay within the speed limit and prove my poem wrong about Lebanese drivers:

Etareeq ilee, etareeq ilee
Zeehu 3ajanab, etareeq ilee
Ifhamua ba2a, etareeq ilee

Ana el saye2 eLubnani,
Sayeq seyarti
Dafa3a ruba3i,
bshafet,
bdakhen,
Bzayzi2
Beshta5
bid3as al benzene
Btseer mitlil saroukh
Katyusha aw zilzeli

Zeeh 3a janab, zeeh 3a janab
Shu mabtifhamu, zeehu 3a janab
Etareeq ilee, etareeq ilee

Bilza2 min wara, bilza2 min wara
Bdawi Btafi, bi3meek min wara
Jayeek min wara, jayeek min wara
Bidi eqta3, bidi eqta3 shuma sar
Ifta5li tareeq, shu mabtifham!

B-hawrak bil wadi, b-hawrak bil wadi
B-wade3 wladi, b-ssali ssalati, bid3as 3al benzene
B-hawrak u-b-hawer 5ali
Etareeq ilee, etareeq ilee
Shu mabtifhamu etareeq ilee

Ana Lubnani
Mabtifru2 Ma3i
la yameeni wala shmali
Anuni 3aqlati,
la shurti wala addi
Bimna3ni,
birda3ni
Tayer tayaran
Be3mi eradar
Belzu2 benzene
Bshafet
Bzayzeq
BID3AS FREME!!!!!

Shu sar?

Hayni ambteer
Tahti sayarti,
Ahli wenasi

Mjama3een
Darak we mes3ifeen

We shu hal helu
Mla2ah 3alared,
Mhandis Shbubeetu
Mushwaru, programo
T-2akhar tikhmeen?

Twaqaf
Ila abad el abideen

Nasiha akheera
Matkun irhabi, matkun irhabi
Terhub 3atareeq, terhub 3atareeq
Kun insani, kun hadi,

3eesh, 3eesh, 3eesh
2ul
Etareeq mish ilee, etareeq mish ilee
3eesh, 3eesh, etareeq mish ilee
El mot 3altareeq mish ilee

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