Lyrics & music: Traditional Yemenite 

English lyrics: Achinoam Nini (Noa) 


Transliteration:


yuma weh abba

weh masechakoom tebeeuni

yuma weh abba

weh masechakoom tebeeuni

bee-ul bagar wal ranam

wal mah lifdeeni

bee-ul bagar wal ranam

wal mah lifdeeni

yuma weh abba, willaw jakum matar philleyl

yuma weh abba, willaw jakum matar philleyl,

lah tichsabuu hin hoo matar, il damat eyni sel

lah tichsabuu hin hoo matar, il damat eyni sel

yuma weh abba willaw jakum re-ood philleyl

yuma weh abba willaw jakum re-ood philleyl

lah tichsabu hin hoo re-ood, il dagat galbi sel

lah tichsabu hin hoo re-ood, il dagat galbi sel

yuma....


Translation:


Oh father, mother 

Don't make me marry him for money 

I love another 

Whose eyes are kind and lips are honey 


The cattle grazing fields are free 

So why enbondage me 

Your cows and oxen can be sold 

Do not enslave my soul 


Oh father, mother 

Your nights are stormed 

With rain and thunder 

Oh father, mother 

Your nights are stormed 

With rain and thunder 


The water gushing from the sky 

Is teardrops from my eyes 

The thunder tearing skies apart 

The Beating of my heart