DAW DA HIYA


DAW DA HIYA

Back in ancient time
Loving was a crime
For a single girl
Like the beautiful
Daw Da Hiya
Sisters barred her way
But she couldn't wait
She spurned her father's hand
And took her man
Despite tradition -

LA'AD TIZINI WALA'AD TIRTIHI
WA DAW DA HIYA ASAL
MA'AN DZHA LIHIS
DAW DA HIYA
ACHAD GALBEH URACH
ACHAD GALBEH URACH
WALYOM MITEL CHASA
WALYOM MA'AN DZHA TISS

DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
Her passion drove her wild
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
Her love was suicide

Love comes with a price
They came for her one night
For her family's shame
She had to face
The judge's might
Now she was with child
No one was at her side
When the judge declared
That she must die...
Tradition... -

LAMAT LAMAT LAMAT
WALA FASHE SHAMAT
GUMI TATARI GUMI
UTATARI YA DIN
DAW DA HIYA
WI DARDE HU BICH
ILA ILA WADI BANA
WILYOM KULANA
NEA'AZI ALECHK
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
Her passion drove her wild
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
Her love was suicide

In a time and place
Where a woman can't show her face
Her life is ruled by men
That shouldn't happen again. -

DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
Her passion drove her wild
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
DAW DA HIYA
Her love was suicide


Note:
Voiceover by Iggy Pop

"Daw Da Hiy" is the name of a tribe located in Al Sha'er, Yemen that the girl belongs to. The girl gets pregnant and runs way, but her family finds her and kills her (Honour Killing).
Words from the Ofra Haza Song lyrics website with thanks
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LYRICS
Ofra Haza + Betzalel Aloni
MUSIC
Betzalel Aloni + Ofra Haza
SINGER
Ofra Haza
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER
Israel Yakovee
DANCE FORMAT
Circle
DANCE
Demonstrated by Israel Yakovee

Words transliterated by Jane Tardell of Staten Island, New York, USA.
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