Mira Awad - Yaba (Father) - ميرا عوض - يابا

My father and I were born and raised in the same exact geographical spot - A village called Rameh in the Galilee. However, he was born in 1936 in what was called Palestine, while in 1975 I was born in Israel. The song Yaba is about our identity as native Palestinian citizens of this troubled homeland.
Song credits:
Music & lyrics: Mira Awad
Arrangement & Musical production: Mira Awad & Ayal Yishay
Guitar: Shay Alon
Label: LabelFree
Digital : Digistage LTD
Video credits:
Appearing: Dr. Anwar Awad, Mira Awad
Camera: Ayal Yishay
Director & editor: Mira Awad
Production: Mira Awad Productions
يابا
بتقولي احكيلهن قصتنا
احنا اللي بعدنا صامدين
احنا اللي ما غلبتنا حروب
وما فرفطتنا السنين
احنا اللي بعدنا منجول زتون
زرعه جدي اللي مات
احنا اللي باقين على طول
وقت ما تبدلت قيادات
احنا اللي صوت الجبل فينا
ورعشة غصون الكينا
احنا القمح, احنا الغربال
احنا المناره على المينا
يابا يابا
يابا بشعر زي شجره كبيره, عتيقه
صارلها بهالارض دهور وجذورها عميقه,
لكن ما الها وساع وحياتها محشوره
ومسيّجه السما من فوقيها وغصونها مكسوره
يابا ارضنا تحت اجرينا
بس وطن ما في
ساكنين بيوت من حجر
بس حاسين بمنافي
يابا
يابا انا تعبانه
يابا بس مش يأسانه
يابا يابا
يابا صوت الجبل فيي
ورعشة غصون الكينا
أنا القمح أنا الغربال
أنا المناره على المينا يابا…
Translation:
You say: "Tell them our story
We are the ones who are still hanging on
The ones who were not defeated by wars
Nor scattered by the years
The ones who still pick olives
From trees that my dead grandfather planted
The ones who stayed put while leaderships changed
We are the voice of the mountain
And the shiver in the eucalyptus branches
We are the wheat and the sieve
And the lighthouse on the port".
Father, father.
Father, I feel like a tree
Big and ancient
That has been in this land for generations
It has deep roots
But has no space
The skies above it have bars
Against which the branches break.
Father, our land is beneath our feet
But we have no homeland
We live in houses of stone
But feel in exile.
Father, I am tired
But not despaired
Father, I am the voice of the mountain
I am the shiver in the eucalyptus branches
I am the wheat and the sieve
And the lighthouse on the port
Father
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[@RevealedExposed]

Great song 👏please don't give up 🎼we need you more than ever ❤

[@operamachine8474]

Beautiful (Steve Tilller) xxxxx

[@7r5y9s1]

Olive tree is very symbolique.

[@BoycottApartheid_org]

Great voice and deep meanings. The world needs your amazing work now more than ever. You're great.

[@annapsihogiou2185]

Bravo 👏🏻 hello from Crete

[@jeremiahhsu5476]

As Chinese, sometimes I doubt my identity due to political reasons. Your song resonates with my deep-intertwined feeling with nationality, ethnicity and regime change. I know you since a child watching HBO's the Oslo Diaries, thank you tremendously for this heart-felt song.

[@אלכסישראל]

כל הכבוד על הכבוד לאבא ועכשיו תגדישי שיר גם לאמא - אע"פ שלא הבנו את משמעות השיר אך נשמתך בברור הייתה שם

[@MiraAwad]

יש לי שת"פ גם עם אימא, ייצא לאור מתישהו 😊

[@SpeedwayBg]

כל הכבוד , מירה!איזה יופי! מרגש מְאוֹד!

[@hanadinasser71]

حُب، بقاء❤🌿

[@NaserMusa]

God bless you

[@ceeragmoslah4010]

رائعة انت سيدتي كلمعتاد استمري عزيزتي كل الاحترام والتقدير

[@inadarmstaedter8426]

so much love... Thank you

[@obius_grz]

😍❤️ Touches every string of the soul

[@hishamshahtout6026]

Mira - you have outdone yourself again. Brilliant.

[@TravelerCrews]

الله يخليكم لبعض تحياتي للوالد ويحفظه لكم ❤️

[@freehugs8670]

Mira, my beautiful, I am grateful to you for this fantastic video that touched all my senses, you are blessed, you are gifted

[@sincerely.amirah]

I am so extremely touched and inspired by this beautiful gift that you have created for your father. The song is so extremely beautifully composed, written and arranged. You are so talented as a filmmaker, director and editor as well, the concept of this video is so brilliant!! Thank you Mira! You are so extremely talented and gifted in what you do.

[@MiraAwad]

Thank you so much Amirah!

[@NavitShem]

צריך להיות פה לפחות מליון צפיות

[@user-nocepko]

Мира,Бог да те благослови,твоят невероятен талант,както и цялото ти семейство.Много неща съм видял на този свят,но такъв невероятен подарък за рожден ден на родител не бях виждал.Да даде Бог още дълги години здраве и живот на баща ти Ануар,за да се радва на твоето изкуство и света в който живеем.На приятелят ми Ануар аз ще нарисувам картина за рожденият му ден. Поздрави от България,красивата родина на майка ти. Джайч (партизанско име Джакопо)

[@ozgurs5906]

Когда читаю твоё сообщение как будто понимаю но оказывается ничего не понимаю 😄

[@user-nocepko]

@@ozgurs5906 Нищо не разбираш защото не си Мира,а коментарът е за нея.Извинявай,но това не е чат.

[@vicentesanzbautista8376]

Gracias Mira.

[@sharonnsinger]

Ikhna as-sawt al-jabal... Mira, how exact. How true. How lovely!

[@bobm4478]

wonderfully moving song and lyrics. mira, is always fantastic!

[@nelly.alqaisi]

wow! beautiful ❤️

[@alternbg]

Beautiful!

[@zzzzlatinazzzz]

Such a touching video

[@hope3080]

Thank you Mira for this emotional song...very honest melody and words 😍

[@maorisraeli]

This is simply lovely...Thank you

[@fadikazmuz8436]

متألقة ورائعة كالعادة صديقتي ميرا .. الله يحفظك. سلامات من سدني

[@MiraAwad]

شكرا يا فادي عزيزي

[@sauob]

Amazing Mira as always

[@gibrabinowitz1932]

amazing

[@rob.9814]

One of my favourite songs of yours... Regards to your sweet dad..happy birthday Mr Awad from Italy

[@raffaelemolino5143]

مرحبا مبروك للأغنية ، أين أجد كلماتها؟ شكرا

[@MiraAwad]

مرحبا! بامكانك ايجاد النص في خانة وصف الفيديو. You can find the text in the video description🌺

[@yaroninbar685]

شكرا ميرا !!! حبت كثير الأغنية الجديدة بس لو سمحتي (: , لقت غلط صغيرة في الترجم: "يابا انا تعبانه" نازم يكون: "Father, I am tired"

[@MiraAwad]

والله صحيح , غلطة طباعه! وللاسف مش ممكن التصليح الآن :-(

[@yaroninbar685]

@@MiraAwad نيالك يا نياله لابوك عن الشغل مع بعض

[@shaygal9094]

@@yaroninbar685 יא סמרטוט רצפה מהלך השיר הזה הוא כולו נגדך, ונגד המדינה שלך יא שמאלני הזוי

[@shiragolan4117]

איזה יופי מירה! מרגששש ממש

[@duhajendy4344]

طب لما تعرفيلك جنسية وتحددي هويتك وقوميتك غني يابا ويمة وستي مش مرة تدعمي القضية ومرة تجري تغني بشبات شلوم