Eh El Hekaya

eh, eh el hekaya, eh, eh el riwaya
What's up? What's the story?
eh, eh el hekaya, kaya, eh, eh el riwaya, waya
What's up? What's the story?
kallimni, fahimni
Talk to me, make me understand.
kallimni, fahimni
Talk to me, make me understand.
kalimni, kallim, kallim, kallimni
Talk to me, talk, talk, talk to me.
Fahimni, fahim, fahim, fahimni
Make me understand, understand, understand, make me undertand.

eh el 'aisa doki da, eh el mashi doki da
What's the knocking from his cane? What's the noise of his heels?
eh ward el ganayer da, eh el sahi el nayim da
What's this garden rose? What's this day-dream?
eh ya khuwati el ragil da, eh el inta 'amil da
Oh my brother, what's this man? What's this you are doing?
'ayb 'alek fi el sin da, yetla' minnak kulli da
Shame on you in that age, to do all that.
eh ya khuwati el ragil da, eh el inta 'amil da
Oh my brother, what's this man? What's this you are doing?
'ayb 'alek fi el sin da, yetla' minnak kulli da
Shame on you in that age, to do all that.

Repeat chorus

eh el 'aisa doki da, eh el mashi doki da
What's the knocking from his cane? What's the noise of his heels?
eh ward el ganayer da, eh el sahi el nayim da
What's this garden rose? What's this day-dream?
eh ya khuwati el ragil da, eh el inta 'amil da
Oh my brother, what's this man? What's this you are doing?
'ayb 'alek fi el sin da, yetla' minnak kulli da
Shame on you in that age, to do all that.
eh ya Michael Jackson da, eh el inta labsu da
What's this like Michael Jacson? What's that you are wearing?
'ayb 'alek fi el sin da, yetla' minnak kulli da
Shame on you in that age, to do all that.

Repeat chorus

eh el 'aisa doki da, eh el mashi doki da
What's the knocking from his cane? What's the noise of his heels?
eh ward el ganayer da, eh el sahi el nayim da
What's this garden rose? What's this day-dream?
eh ya khuwati el ragil da, elli mashi 'akis da
Oh my brother, what's this man? He is acting the opposite way.
'ayb 'alek fi el sin da, elli sir sa'bi da
Shame on you in that age, everything is hard to do.
eh ya khuwati el ragil da, eh el inta 'amil da
Oh my brother, what's this man? What's this you are doing?
'ayb 'alek fi el sin da, yetla' minnak kulli da
Shame on you in that age, to do all that.

kallimni, fahimni
Talk to me, make me understand.
eh ya ragil, 'aisa anam
Oh man, I want to sleep.
ya salam
Oh dear!

I'm very grateful for all my friends, who helped me to translate the lyrics of this song. None of my friends is a professional Arabic-English translator: some of them are fluent in Arabic, some English and a few - my self included - have some skill in both languages. It's often quite challenging to express both the idea and the literal meaning of the lyrics in a few words, as I consider it most useful to the dancers that the translation include both these aspects.