Ya Dounia

A different song from the Egyptian "Ya Donya." A Moroccan Darija voice sings to the world: if you had come to our neighbourhood on a winter's day and looked at us from the rooftop at sunset, you would have seen how much we cried and how far we came. A spoken English passage tells the listener to relax, be patient, listen: you have questions and I have answers. The chorus accuses the world: oh world, we were raised by Monsieur, you could not resist, it is written, we have nowhere to go. A second English passage says the answer is not in front of you but in your heart and soul; the mind can be manipulated, programmed, and changed, but the heart cannot; follow your heart; if you are in love, fall in love and do not overthink; and if you do not feel it, do not force it, because it is not for you.