Story: Me and My Monkey: (by Emily Graves) Ah-na wa Qerr-dee (أنا و قردي)
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Ah-na wa qurr-dee, qurr-dee wa ah-na
Ah-na wa qurr-dee, tha-hab-na li-na-ra
tha-hab-na li-na-ra ba’ad . . .
Me and my monkey, my monkey and me
Me and my monkey, we went to see
We went to see some . . .
أنا و قردي,قردي و أنا
أنا و قردي, ذهبنا لنرى
ذهبنا لنرى بعض…
al-buT-Taw-reeq – the penguins – البطاريق
al-ka-naa-gherr – the kangaroos – الكناغر
al-kha-fa-feesh – the bats – الجفافيش
al-fee-ya-lah – the elephants – الفياة
al-qoo-rood – the monkeys – القرود
Ah-na. . .wa qurr-dee, qurr-dee. . .wa ah-na – me…and my monkey, my monkey…and me
Ah-na. . .wa qurr-dee – me…and my monkey
‘Aod-na – we sat
أنا و قردي,قردي و أنا
أنا و قردي
عدنا
Lill-man-zil-lee wa ah-kell-na – in my house and we ate
للمنزلي و أكلنا
wa ah-kell-na – and we ate.