This is a quick post as I have a million things to do right now. Recently, I found out that many pro-Palestinian content creators on TikTok and Instagram use Egyptian pop star Sherine's hit song "Kalam Eineh" as background music for their videos about Gaza.
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"If my voice is gone, your songs will remain" said Naji Al-Ali in one of his poems and cartoons in 1980s |
I don't know how or when this started, but the song, musically composed by Hassan El-Shafei, has become a global hit strangely.
People visit the original song on YouTube and comment that they came from TikTok and shout "Viva Palestine," which makes me happy.
Yet I have to say, this song “Kalam Eineh” has nothing to do with Palestine or Gaza at all. “Kalam Eineh” or “The Love Words of his eyes” is a romantic song.
Here is the translation of the lyrics in English.
That is the first part which is usually shared in the videos.
" The love words of his eyes are sweeter than songs
From a couple of words, from a greeting, I become someone else
When he sways, my heart sways with him
I may sacrifice my eyes and whole life for him, and it's too little
The love words of his eyes are sweeter than songs
From a couple of words, from a greeting, I become someone else
When he sways, my heart sways with him
I may sacrifice my eyes and whole life for him, and it's too little"
I know it may sound exotic, but it does not fit the hard times the Palestinians are living currently in Gaza.