El Général - Rais lebled

El Général - Rais lebled

رئيس البلاد - الجنرال

Released on November 10, 2010

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jdE_LpmAIQ

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My corrections to my lyrics and translation are based off of Nouri Gana's in Jadaliyya
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

رئيس البلاد هاني اليوم نحكي معاك
باسمي وباسم الشعب والكل اللي عايش في العذاب
٢٠١١ مازال فمّ شكون يموت بالجوع
يحبّ يخدم بش يعيش لكن صوته موش مسموع
اهبط للشارع وشوف العباد ولَّات وحوش
شوف الحاكم بالماتراك تاكاتاك ما على بالهُش
مادام ما فمّا حدّ باش يقول لُه كلمة لأ
حتّى القانون اللي في الدستور نفّخو واٌشرب ماء
كل نهار نسمع قضية ركبوهاله بالسيف
بورتان الحاكم يعرف اللي هو عبد نظيف
نشوف في اللّحناش تضرب النساء المتحجّبين
زعمة ترضاها لبنتك؟ عارف كلامي يبكي العين
عارف ما دامك بو ما ترضاش الشرّ لصغارك
آلور هذا ميساج عبارة واحد من صغارك
يحكي معك من السوفرانس احنا عايشين كالكلاب
شطر الشعب عايشين الذل وذاقو من كأس العذاب

CHORUS (x2)
رئيس البلاد شعبك مات برشة عباد من الزبلة اكلات
هاك تشوف آش قاعد صاير في البلاد
مآسي بارتو وناس ما لقاتش وين تبات
هاني نحكي باسم الشعب اللي تظلمو واللي ندسّو بالصباط
رئيس البلاد قلتلي احكي من غير خوف
هاني حكيت ولكن نعرف اللي نهايتي كانت الكفوف
نشوف في برشة ظلم هاذاكا علاش اخترت الكلام
بورتان وصاوني برشة عباد اللي نهايتي تكون الاعدام
لكن إلى متى التونسي عايش في الأوهام؟
وينها حريّة التعبير؟ رايت منها كان الكلام
سُمِّيتو تونس بالخضراء رئيس البلاد هاك تشوف
اليوم البلاد ولّات صحراء مقسومة على زوز الطروف
سرقات بالمكشوف بالغورة ملكو البلاد
من غيرما نسمّي انت تعرف شكونهم هالعباد
برشة فلوس كانت ماشية مشاريع وانجازات
مدارس ومصحّات بنايات و تعديلات
لكن اولاد الكلاب بفلوس الشعب عبّاو الكروش
سرقو ونهبو وفكّوا وخطفو وفي الكراسي ما سيّبوش
نعرف اللي برشة كلام في قلب الشعب ما يوصلش
كان جا الوضع غير ظلم راني اليوم ما نتكلمش

CHORUS (x2)
رئيس البلاد شعبك مات برشة عباد من الزبلة اكلات
هاك تشوف آش قاعد صاير في البلاد
مآسي بارتو وناس ما لقاتش وين تبات
هاني نحكي باسم الشعب اللي تظلمو واللي ندسّو بالصباط


أوكي صوت البلاد الجنرال ٢٠١١
نفس الحال نفس المشاكل و السوفرانس
رئيس البلاد... رئيس البلاد
رئيس البلاد

CHORUS (x2)
رئيس البلاد شعبك مات برشة عباد من الزبلة اكلات
هاك تشوف آش قاعد صاير في البلاد
مآسي بارتو وناس ما لقاتش وين تبات
هاني نحكي باسم الشعب اللي تظلمو واللي ندسّو بالصباط

Mr. President, here, today, I speak with you
in my name and the name of all people who live in misery.
It's 2011 and there's still a man who's dying of hunger.
He wants to work to survive, but his voice is not heard!
Go out into the street and see [how] people have become animals.
Look at the police with batons. Thwack-thwack-thwack! They don't care!
There is still no one to tell them the word "stop."
Even the law that's in the constitution, put it in water and drink it [i.e., it's worthless]
Every day I hear of someone prosecuted for a fake offense
even if the official knows that he is an honest citizen.
I see police goons beat women who wear headscarves.
Would you accept that for your daughter? I know my words make the eye weep.
I know you're still a father. You would not accept evil being done to your children.
Alors! This is a message from one of your children
who is speaking with you about suffering. We are living like dogs!
Half of the people are living in humiliation and have tasted from the cup of suffering.

CHORUS (x2)
Mr. President, your people are dead. So many people are eating from the garbage.
There, you see what's happening in the country!
Miseries are everywhere and people haven't found anywhere to sleep.
I speak here in name of the people who were wronged and crushed beneath the feet [of the powerful].

Mr. President, you told me to speak without fear.
I spoke here but I knew that my end would be palms [i.e., slaps and beatings].
I see so much injustice. That's why I chose to speak out
even though many people told me that my end will be execution.
But how long [must] the Tunisian live in illusions?
Where is freedom of expression? I saw that it was [only] words.
They named Tunisia "the Green." Mr. President, you can see
today that Tunis has become a desert that's divided into two sides.
They steal in broad daylight, confiscate property, and own the land.
[Even] without me naming them, you know who they are!
So much money was pledged for projects and infrastructure:
schools, hospitals, buildings, and improvements.
But the sons of bitches stuffed [their] pot-bellies with the people's money.
They stole, robbed, dismembered, kidnapped and would not give up the seats [of power].
I know there are many words in the people's hearts that don't reach you.
If the situation weren't unjust, I would not be speaking out today.

CHORUS (x2)
Mr. President, your people are dead. So many people are eating from the garbage.
There, you see what's happening in the country!
Miseries are everywhere and people haven't found anywhere to sleep.
I speak here in name of the people who were wronged and crushed beneath the feet [of the powerful].

Okay. The voice of the nation. El Général. 2011:
The same situation. The same problems and the same suffering.
Mr. President...Mr. President...
Mr. President!

CHORUS (x2)
Mr. President, your people are dead. So many people are eating from the garbage.
There, you see what's happening in the country!
Miseries are everywhere and people haven't found anywhere to sleep.
I speak here in name of the people who were wronged and crushed beneath the feet [of the powerful].