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lguemra - moon
A poem in Moroccan dialect about the moon and its effect on lovers
lguemra lounha loun rou7
ri7ha n9i bri7 jenna yfou7
mnnou bghramha che3rou nass fou9 lou7
ya7ssra 3l lguemra chher fin trou7
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bfra9ha nechfou lwa7 l3echa9
w bghyabha sderhoum cha9 w da9
Ya 7ssra 3lik ya haym ya dwa9
fhbal l3ch9 ta9 w ba9
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tssa9 fi b7er lhwam
lahou fa9 lahou mrta7 filmnam
tjla fi balhou lklam
tbe3 rrja w tah ftri9 llwam
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Eeh 3lik ya denya
Re7mi 3bad ra9ou fi tri9 lbelya
9lb kchef ytssayn fi berya
Lounha 7mar bketret lfenya
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Eeh yal3a9el Nwessik wssyya
L9elb sa9el khyer mn alf 7jyya
Lou7 chbak fi b7er rwa7ou n9yya
L3ch9 rmman 7boubou skheyya
Wlghder hwan yhechech ll7ob smeyya
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Khellawha nass zman
7di rassek a flan
red balek mn nass hemmek 3lihoum han
nta fi mkan whmmek 3ndhoum daan