Dala’ona

COUNTRY: Lebanon
LANGUAGE: Arabic

GENRE: Dabke

Nawal al Zoghibi popularized this version of this Marwan Khoury song. In class we sang this while dancing the dabke.

Lyrics of All Around This World version:

Ma maa, mayy, mayy, ma ma ma
Ma maa, mayy, mayy, ma ma ma may

To the Dala’ona, sing a little, sing a little, dance with me
To the Dala’ona, sing a little, sing a little, dance with me
To the Dala’ona, sing a little, sing a little, dance with me
To the Dala’ona, sing a little, sing a little, dance with me

Dala’ain dala’ain a’ala dala’ona
All summer long we danced to the Dala’ona
In the summer sun we had some fan
Dancing dancing dancing dancing dancing the dala’ona