{"id":31444,"date":"2014-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/31444\/the-six-most-utterly-bizarre-lebanese-song-lyrics"},"modified":"2014-03-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T00:00:00","slug":"the-six-most-utterly-bizarre-lebanese-song-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/31444\/the-six-most-utterly-bizarre-lebanese-song-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Six Most Utterly Bizarre Lebanese Song Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official: there is something very weird going on in the Lebanese music industry. Fair enough, art is subjective, but these lyrics in particular&#8230; these lyrics are something else. <br \/>  <br \/>  And the question I can\u2019t help but ask is: &#8220;who wrote them?&#8221; Better yet, how do these singers feel when they&#8217;re forced to utter some of these utterly bizarre phrases?<br \/>  <br \/>  I\u2019m either mad or there is definitely something wrong in the world. Here are the worst of the worst when it comes to Lebanese lyrics. <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>1. Boos L Wawa \u2013 Haifa Wehbe<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bD0lPIN_rF8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <i>Kiss the pain<br \/>  See the pain<br \/>  Let the pain be cured.<br \/>  <br \/>  When you saw the pain<br \/>  And kissed the pain<br \/>  Pain went \u201cbah\u201d!<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  If there were anything on earth I wish I could know \u2013 other than the recipe of Balthazar\u2019s mouthwatering bread pudding \u2013 it would have to be who wrote this song.<br \/>  <br \/>  It would be a great honor to be able to meet the thinker behind the lyrics \u201cKiss the wawa (which, he\/she uses as a euphemism for the otherwise powerful word \u201cpain\u201d), see the wawa, let the wawa be fixed.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  No, really. How and why did this song come into existence?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>2. Wawa Ah \u2013 Dominique Hourani<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWo0uC5jeBs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <i>Don\u2019t play with fire<br \/>  Wawa ah! <br \/>  Don\u2019t try to make me jealous<br \/>  Wawa ah!<br \/>  Wawaaa ahhh!<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  Perhaps because the Lebanese nation has suffered through so much pain, the notion of \u201cwawa\u201d constantly surfaces in the flourishing music industry. Although not as creative and descriptive as \u201cBoos L Wawa\u201d, this song also talks about the wawa. Dominique, god bless her soul, reminds us not to play with fire because if we do, we will get wawa. Also, whoever her lover is, should not try to make her jealous as the consequence of that would also be wawa, but with an added \u201cah\u201d, because, just like Katy Perry\u2019s lover, Dominique is hot and cold.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>3. My Meow \u2013 Nancy Afiouny<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aDbBXCosdkk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <i>Baby I\u2019ve got you all excited just thinking about<br \/>  The way I let your fire go on and put it out<br \/>  If I was down I bet you&#8217;d take it right here right now (AW)<br \/>  You want My Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow,<br \/>  You want my Meow Meow<br \/>  My Meow Meow<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  Now, it\u2019s definitely a known fact that Nancy Afiouny was inspired by iconic singer Miriam Klink\u2019s song about Antar, her \u201clovely cat\u201d, whose \u201cmeow\u201d is for her \u201cmusic all day\u201d. Afiouny built on this trend and sang, \u201cYou want My Meow, Meow, Meow\u201d for almost entirely four minutes on end, dedicating this song to Miriam Klink.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>4. Eb\u2019atly Email \u2013 Sabine<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHgumG0lpIw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <i>Send me an email,<br \/>  and talk to me.<br \/>  And I\u2019ll send back,<br \/>  all my love.<br \/>  Send me an email and fix things with me,<br \/>  and the letter is what is promised!!!<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  Now I can see where Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey get their whole cyber-love inspiration from. <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>5. Bos Alaya \u2013 Dana<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TuUGiYsMljo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <i>Shh, shh, shh.<br \/>  Look at me, look at me (x2)<br \/>  I am Dana,<br \/>  I am Dandan,<br \/>  Open your eyes,<br \/>  You will eat malban<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  What? How? What logical sequence does this one follow? You are Dana, yes, we get that. You are Dandan, we get that, too. But why would the opening of our eyes lead us to eating a sweet?<br \/>  <br \/>  MADNESS, I TELL YOU!<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>6. 3ara2 mabishrab 3ara2 \u2013 Ayman Zbib<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7XG7JuTI1vc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <i>I don\u2019t drink arak, arak I don\u2019t drink<br \/>  Neither whiskey nor tequila<br \/>  And curse upon the father of arg\u2019ileh<br \/>  And flew, flew the birds (?)<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  BUT WHAT ON EARTH DO THESE LYRICS MEAN CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN OR AM I SIMPLY GOING INSANE?<br \/>  <br \/>  *shoots self and dies*","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official: there is something very weird going on in the Lebanese music 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