mashrou' leila - Imm El Jacket

Track 04 - Imm El Jacket

Album
El Hal Romancy EP

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lyrics

يا ام الجاكبت و البنطلون شفتك واقفة فوق البلكون
خمنتك شاب يا مدموزيل لا تواخذينى باردون
شفتك لابسة بيريه و كاسكيت, طالعة بالسوق بثياب البيت
من غير بودرة من غير تواليت و قاصة شعرك ألا كارسون
خمنتك شاب يا مدموزيل لا تواخذينى باردون باردون
شفتك طالعة باليل وحدك رايحة جاى وين ما بدك
طالعة من هون نازلة من هون
خمنتك شاب يا مدموزيل لا تواخذينى باردون

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Imm
• El
• Jacket

[huhwtf88]

@CerebralCreation It's about an female that defies the gender norm and wears her hair short and wears a jacket and pants all the time, Hamed (the writer/singer) here is supposed to be a traditional Arab person/the Arab society in general which is very hetero-normative, he sees her standing on her balcony and he/they assume she is in fact male, because she also goes out all the time even at night when Arab girls aren't expected to be outside their house. The whole song is an apology to her.

[5ameees]

@bilettuce It's Palestine...

[LlamaCourt]

@bilettuce as an arab, I am so sorry about all the people who are attacking you and telling you to call your country palestine.. :/ I am so so sorry. please, know that there are some that know where palestine ends and israel begins. lot's of peace and love from jordan, friend :)

[huhwtf88]

@herbaling It's basically my analysis of the song and my knowledge that Hamed is very versed in queer/feminist theory and he and the band like using different narratives in different songs (here it makes a LOT more sense that he's a traditional Arab dude than Hamed/any liberal Arab). I'm pretty sure he or one of his bandmates wrote it and if I'm mistaken can you give me a source that states who wrote this specific song? :)

[anerki90]

@bilettuce lol thats funny tell your own leaders that a little boy facing an entire armoured division but the little boy is standing strong as he knows that the right is on his side and that right shall prevail and that history never fails to hold those responsible for these crimes the nazi zionists will be held to their actions sooner than you think

[mssv7336]

@bilettuce we would love to live our own lives but you're not leting us so you better recpect yourself and call it palestine or never comment

[bilettuce]

Could you live your llife and let people live theirs? @Nirminaw

[494shell]

Just brilliant. Love their music. :)

[huhwtf88]

@samneuro12 You aren't familiar with Mashrou Leila, aren't you? All of their songs have a deep reasoning behind them, it's what makes them so unique in the Arab world! Also Arabs who live in the Levant (Sham) and North Africa (Maghrib) speak French a lot because they were colonized by France.

[huhwtf88]

@5ameees WIN!

[kalisiowa]

@huhwtf88 wow, this is really such an amazing song!!! :D

[TalarBedros]

You the one wearing a jacket and trousersI saw you standing on the balcony

Hey mademoiselle I thought you were a guyI beg your pardonI saw you wearing a beret and capGoing to town wearing your house clothesWithout makeup nor perfumeAnd you've cut your hair like a boyHey mademoiselle I thought you were a boyI beg your pardonI saw you goingout at night by yourselfGoing wherever you feel like goingGetting out a place and leavinganother placeHey mademoiselle I thought you were a guyI beg your pardon