Talbeeseh for Um Shurshouh
Syrian revolutionary chants are as distinctive, creative, as powerful and sometimes as comical as their Egyptian equivalents. One of my favourites parodies Qaddafi’s threat to hunt down the Libyan opposition ‘alley by alley, house by house’:
zanga zanga dar dar alley by alley, house by house
bidna rasak ya bashaar we want your head, O Bashaar
In the film below, residents of Um Shurshouh in besieged Homs enjoy a talbeeseh, or bridegroom’s wedding party. The neighbourhood itself is the bridegroom. The leader calls out a verse, and the crowd repeats it.
Traditional calls of welcome to those arriving at the party:
ahla wa sahla billi jaie welcome to who has come
ya merhaba billi jaei your company entertains us
anastoona yilli jaie
The political context soon becomes apparent:
wal-talbeeseh li-um shurshouh the party is for Um Shurshouh
walla aal-‘usr rah nrooh by God, we’re going to the (presidential) palace
and continues:
bidna nehki aal-makshoof we want to speak openly
ba’athiyeh ma bidna nshoof we don’t want to see a Ba’athist
bi-talbeeseh al-abiyeh in this dignified party
ma bidna nshoof hizbiyeh we don’t want to see a Party member
All sects are welcome at the party:
islam wa masihiyeh Muslims and Christians
druze wa alawiyeh Druze and Alawis
thawritna thawra sooriyeh our revolution is a Syrian revolution
To reinforce the point they chant: la salafiyeh wa la irhab – Not Salafi Nor Terrorist
And they identify the nature of national unity:
min hasekeh lil-hawran from Hasekeh to the Hawran
ash-shaab as-soori mab yinhan the Syrian people won’t be insulted
Then:
shoofoo shoo sar fi-Dara’a look what happened in Dara’a
kanat Dara’a sarat ’andna it started in Dara’a now it’s here
ya soori shoo amtastana? o Syrian, what are you waiting for?
kanat Dara’a sarat ’andna it started in Dara’a now it’s here
Up to a thousand have been killed so far. Up to ten thousand have been arrested.
https://qunfuz.com/2011/05/15/talbeeseh-for-um-shurshouh/
This says it all about Protest in Syria
zarinaspeaks
May 15, 2011 at 5:08 pm
i made a page since the very beginning of the protests and added every new chant would come out so i wouldn’t forget
أمنية
May 21, 2011 at 8:31 pm