Thread: "al-aracia" song translation??

I have the song on one of the "House of Tarab Cds. I can't find it on-line. it's a nice song---just want a general idea of what it is about.

Anyone?? the cd cover says it's a traditional Syrian folk song

You might have to contact the band. I've looked twice now, and I can't find anything. I've tried multiple spellings in Arabic, but Google keeps autocorrecting to other words with different letters. For example, at one point, it directed me to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDaumKpz8Pk, which had "al-rasiya" (missing the first "a" after the article) in the title. It doesn't quite sound like the same song, and even if it was, it appears to be some sort of Saudi tribute piece and probably wouldn't be appropriate for dancing.

The band should know if they recorded it (and pox on them for not including more description in the liner notes--how do they not know somebody's going to care enough to ask what it's about?!), but even if all you can get is the spelling of the title in Arabic, it would be a better lead than we have now.

thanks for the research, Tourbeau---i kept getting auto-corrected to "Al Arabia".

Hey Taji,

Eric Brown of House Of Tarab is on Facebook... ask him on his page, he's really nice he'll answer ya back right away

No exact translation but the general sense is the song is talking about a kind of fruit, either
grapes or peaches that is called elqarasiyyah. It also said that the heart doesn't fall in love with 2 people. the heart wants a woman from Halab, Syria.
So it is a love song over all.

There is only so much room in the liner notes!

erik
H.O.T

thanks so much---i love the cd----great version of "Longa Farafaza" as well as many of the others!!!!