ANEBDU : A Beautiful Slice Of Shawiana

G.B. mentioned the fact that Ahcene Sabri produced two albums(solo). Anebdu is a song from one of the albums he alluded to. The song describes life during the season of summer. Beautiful lyrics! Themes invoked : village life, agriculture, cuisine, solidarity... In short, the song portrays a beautiful slice of shawiana. Oh f wussen n zik, the good old days!




ANEBDU*
anebdu d-anebdu
iqayyalen Hman
ufigh ifallaHen
s wamjer ehn majran
majran wa tghannan
israfin churant
inurar bnan
urfen wa chchine
effran w uchin

anebdu d-anebdu
iqayyalen Hman
.......3aziza si mattawan
uTlaya ides
ayaTma u dechtane
nnighass en amlaqa
Tannaya ijjit i wussen
ittawin ilan
imattawan uDin

anebdu d-anebdu
iqayyalen Hman
.... fu quwwar
irgazen bannan
lkhaleT zattant snober ni laghman
3aziza hasnaway aghrom nu fan
llozen wa chin
......... wa swin

anebdu d-anebdu
iqayyalen Hman
a3achwiT T3acha
isarraHen rawHan
izmaren ttatDan
ttatDan juggan
3aziza jaraTsen
gu wammess hatban
ulawan Sfan
isarraHen tghannan

ya swik ibakhbakhan
haya ennig aDammine
3ayyaD fi Maacharan
bech ad amDin.

Amawal
-anebdu : summer
-aqayyal : heat, pl iqayyalen
-ufigh : found(I)
-ifallaHen : farmers, derived from Arabic
-amjer : sickle
-urfen : roasted(they). A reference to TurifT, a traditional shawi dish.
-chchine : ate(they)
-effran : saved(they). Here, he means stored.
-uchin : gave(they)
-israfin/Tisrafin/hisrafin : pl of Tasrafet/hasrafet which is a storage area. A pit dug for the purpose of storing wheat and barley, usually next to the barn.
-churant : full(israfin)
-inurar : pl. of annar, an area in which farmers transplant the grain, during harvest time.
-imattawan : tears
-ayaTma : brothers
-u dechtane : didn't like it(they)
-nnighass : I told her
-en amlaqa : let us meet
-ijjit : leave it
-amDin : tasted(they)
-3ayyaD : call
-iMaacharan : neighbours
-izmaren : pl. of izmer which means baby lamb
-lkhaleT:ladies
-zattant : weave(they)
-ilaghman : camels
-hasnaway : cooks
-aghrom : bread


*Album Sabri Ahcene
1-Thahouth
2-Baya
3-Anabdhou
4-Laloum Aliya
5-Yemma
6-Maghef

Edition El Farabi.