Tuesday, January 31, 2006

"Cosa c'è" (libera versione italiana di "Inta Eyh")



Cosa c'è? Non ne hai abbastanza di farmi del male? Vergognati, cosa c'è?
Perché, amore mio, ti è così facile farmi piangere?
Già, e perché
io sono contenta che tu mi faccia del male e che la mia anima sia parte di te?
Già, e perché,
mi chiedo, sono contenta di essere tormentata tra le tue mani?

Se questo è amore, la mia disgrazia viene da ciò;
se questa è la mia colpa, non mi pentirò di essa;
se il mio destino è di vivere tra le ferite,
io vivrò tra le ferite.

Non ti vergogni? Non ti vergogni di tradire l'amore che ho per te?
Non ti vergogni? La passione e gli anni della mia vita, e il desiderio che ho di te?
È andata persa la sostanza, oppure è stato un gioco nella tua vita che ti ha reso malato?
È andata persa la sostanza, la tenerezza, l'abbraccio del mio cuore e la mia fiducia in te?

Se questo è amore, la mia disgrazia viene da ciò;
se questa è la mia colpa, non mi pentirò di essa;
se il mio destino è di vivere tra le ferite,
io vivrò tra le ferite.



"Inta Eyh", Nancy Ajram

Inta Eyh by Nancy Ajram.
(Lyrics: Mustafa Mirsi; Music: Samir Safir, Tariq Madkur)






اﻨﺕ اﻴﻪ ﻤﺵ ﻜﻔﺎﻴﺔ ﻋﻠﻴﻙ ﺘﺠﺭﺤﻨﻲ ﺤﺭﺍﻡ ﻋﻠﻴﻙ ﺍﻨﺕ ﺍﻴﻪ

ﺍﻨﺕ ﻠﻴﻪ ﺩﻤﻭﻋﻲ ﺤﺒﻴﺒﻲ ﺘﻬﻭﻥ ﻋﻠﻴﻙ

ﻁﺏ ﻭ ﻠﻴﻪ

ﺍﻨﺎ ﺭﻀﻴﺔ ﺍﻨﻙ ﺘﺠﺭﺤﻨﻲ ﻭ ﺭﻭﺤﻲ ﻓﻴﻙ

ﻭ ﻁﺏ ﻭﻟﻴﻪ

ﻴﻌﻨﻲ ﺍﺘﻪ ﺭﻀﻴﺔ ﺒﻌﺫﺍﺒﻲ ﺒﻴﻥ ﺍﻴﺩﻴﻙ



ﻟﻭ ﻜﺎﻥ ﺩﺍ ﺤﺏ ﻴﺎ ﻭﻴﻟﻲ ﻤﻨﻪ

ﻟﻭ ﻜﺎﻥ ﺩﻩ ﺫﻨﺒﻲ ﻤﺎ ﺍﺘﻭﺏ ﻋﻨﻪ

ﻟﻭﻜﺎﻥ ﻨﺼﻴﺒﻲ ﺍﻋﻴﺵ ﻔﻲ ﺠﺭﺍﺡ

ﺤﺎ ﻋﻴﺵ ﻔﻲ ﺠﺭﺍﺡ


ﻤﺵ ﺤﺭﺍﻡ ﻤﺵ ﺤﺭﺍﻡ ﺍﻨﻙ ﺘﺨﺩﻋﻨﻲ ﻔﻲ ﺤﺒﻲ ﻟﻴﻙ

ﻤﺵ ﺤﺭﺍﻡ ﺍﻟﻐﺭﺍﻡ ﻭ ﺴﻨﻴﻥ ﺤﻴﺎﺘﻲ ﻭ ﻋﺸﻘﻲ ﻟﻴﻙ

ﻀﺎﻉ ﻗﻭﺍﻡ ﻭﻻ ﻜﺎﻥ ﻟﻌﺒﺔ ﻘﻲ ﺤﻴﺎﺘﻙ ﻴﺘﺩﺍﻭﻴﻙ

ﻀﺎﻉ ﻘﻭﺍﻡ ﺍﻟﺤﻨﺎﻥ ﻭ ﺤﻀﻥ ﻗﻟﺒﻲ ﻭ ﺍﻤﻟﻲ ﻔﻴﻙ


ﻟﻭ ﻜﺎﻥ ﺩﺍ ﺤﺏ ﻴﺎ ﻭﻴﻟﻲ ﻤﻨﻪ

ﻟﻭ ﻜﺎﻥ ﺩﻩ ﺫﻨﺒﻲ ﻤﺎ ﺍﺘﻭﺏ ﻋﻨﻪ

ﻟﻭﻜﺎﻥ ﻨﺼﻴﺒﻲ ﺍﻋﻴﺵ ﻔﻲ ﺠﺭﺍﺡ

ﺤﺎ ﻋﻴﺵ ﻔﻲ ﺠﺭﺍﺡ


Inta eh mish kfaya 'alayk tegrahni haram 'alayk inta eh
Inta leh dimuw'ai habibi tuhun 'alayk
Tab wa leh
Ana radya ennak tegrahni wa ruhi fik
Tab wa leh
Ya'ani eh radya b'azabi bein eidik

Law kan da hob ya waili minhu
Law kan dah zanbi ma atub 'anhu
Law kan nasibi 'aish fi grah
Ha 'aish fi grah

Mish haram, mish haram innak tekhd'ani fi hobbi lik
Mish haram, el gharam wa-s sinin hayati w 'ashqi lik
Da'a awam walla kan la'aba fi hayatak yetdawik
Da'a awam el hanan wa hudni elbi wa amalli fik?

Law kan da hob ya waili minu
Law kan dah zanbi ma atub 'anhu
Law kan nasibi 'aish fi grah
Ha 'aish fi grah.

Lebanese popstar Nancy Ajram


Lebanese icon pop singer Nancy Ajram (although she sings in Egyptian dialect) was born in Achrafieh, Beirut on May 16, 1983.
She began her career with successful participations in children's contests in two local television channels, Télé Liban and LBC. At the age of twelve, she made her debut in a program called Nujum al-Mustaqbal ("Future stars") which was aired on late Rafiq al-Hariri's Future Television.

Nancy Ajram launched her first album Mihtagalak ("In need of you") in 1998, followed in 2001 by Shil 'ayyunak anni ("Take your eyes away from me"). In 2003, she came out with her third album, Ya salaam ("How beautiful") which included the landmark hit Akhasmak ah.
Her most successful hit, however, was the fourth album Ah w noss, which was released in 2004. It includes enthralling singles such as Ah W Noss, Lawn Ouyounak and Inta Eyh.

In 2005, Nancy Ajram, who stars in Coca-Cola's ads throughout many Arab countries, was named by the Arabic version of Newsweek as one of the most influential personalities of the Arab world in 2005.

Monday, January 16, 2006

Michelle Bachelet gana las elecciones presidenciales chilenas


La socialista Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, de 54 años, se convierte en la primera mujer que accede a la presidencia de Chile.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Bombe e bufale

(A breve un commento in italiano sulla situazione politica in Siria.)

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Giornata delle libertà civili

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Syria agrees on interview

Al Arabiya writes that "Damascus agrees on ash-Shara' to be interrogated by the Inquiry Commission". The subheading in the article adds that "Chirac demands Damascus collaboration" and that "[UK Foreign Secretary Jack] Straw denies the intention of a regime change in Syria". In fact, Jack Straw harshly criticised the Syrian regime during a five-minute interview which was given to BBC on his way to Beirut. Straw said:
We are not in any way encouraging or anticipating a collapse of government in Syria, but this regime has been weakened from within and has to face up to its own desperate contradictions.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Conversion on the way out of Damascus

The Dubai-based Al Arabiya satellite news channel published a full transcription of the interview given by Syria's former Vice-president 'Abd al-Halim Khaddam on December 30.

The regime's ex-number two asserted that the late former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri had been harshly threatened by Syrian president Bashar al-Asad a few months before being assassinated on February 14, 2005. Khaddam also expressed cutting criticism about Syria's current political trends, stating that the process of reforms will ultimately end up in a fiasco. The interview, which came as a bombshell, added a further blow to the already shaky image of the Syrian government. Following the latest allegations, the United Nations "International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1595 (2005)" (also known as the Mehlis Commission, after the name of Chief Prosecutor Detlev Mehlis) asked to interview Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Foreign Minister Faruq ash-Shara'.
Translating from Al Arabiya:
Nasrat Hassan said that 'the Commission demanded an interview with al-Asad and ash-Shara' and two other Syrians, and is expecting a reply from the Syrian government', and added that 'the Commission wishes an additional meeting with Khaddam' possibly within a short period of time.

The Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar wrote that international reliable sources revealed that the International Investigation Commission will attempt to demand a meeting with Khaddam to hear from him, especially after the Commission realized that the content that has been mentioned with respect to the circumstances of al-Hariri's assassination and the events that led to it are consistent with what has been revealed by prosecutor Detlev Mehlis in his conclusions to the Security Council about the results that he reached in his report.
Khaddam's words drew substantially mixed reaction in the Arab media. Lebanese newspaper Ad-Diyar launched a frontal attack against Khaddam, describing him as a new "informant" of Detlev Mehlis and raising corruption charges against him with no less than these headings:
Syria's Judas seized 35 million dollars leaving accusations behind him.

Abu Jamal living in Paris mansions lectures about poverty in Syria.
London-based Al-Quds al-'arabi recalled Khaddam's controversial role in the Lebanese civil war in an article entitled "Mr Khaddam's bombs".
As-Safir's Husam 'Itani remembered Khaddam's tough stance against domestic political dissent in an article entitled "Inseparable Tracks", with a reference to a speech delivered by Syria's former Vice-president before an audience at the University of Damascus on February 18, 2001. Other observers remarked that Khaddam (who was considered an "ideologist", although it is complicated to define what the Ba'athist ideology exactly stands for) crucially contributed to crush the Muslim Brotherhood uprising in Hamah and how he suppressed any potential opposition in the country as he evoked the spectre of "the Algerian experience".

On the whole, you get the idea that some right things (in particular about the inner working of the regime, its corruption and mismanagement) were told by the wrong person with a dubious timing. Rime Allaf expands this concept in her very interesting post "Defection and high treason in Damascus". Some of the comments are quite insightful, too.


Monday, January 02, 2006

Perdo sempre troppo tempo nei preliminari

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Sunday, January 01, 2006

People of Orphalese

People of Orphalese,
You can muffle the drum,
And you can loosen the strings of the lyre,
But who shall command the skylark not to sing?

KAHLIL GIBRAN
The Prophet

"Popolo di Orfalese,
potrai soffocare il suono del tamburo
e allentare le corde della lira,
ma chi comanderà che l'allodola non canti?"