Lyrics - Transliteration
(Moroccan folk song)
A ram sam sam,
A ram sam sam,
Guli guli guli guli guli
Ram sam sam.
A rafiq, a rafiq,
Guli guli guli guli guli
Ram sam sam.
English Translation
A ram sam sam, (no meaning)
A ram sam sam, (no meaning)
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Ram sam sam, (no meaning)
A friend, a friend,
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Ram sam sam, (no meaning)
(source)
Moroccan Arabic (Darija)
A ram sam sam
A ram sam sam
قولي قولي قولي قولي قولي
Ram sam sam
A رفيق a رفيق
قولي قولي قولي قولي قولي
Ram sam sam
(source)
Motions
A ram sam sam – Hit fists together, first right on top of left, then left on right.
Guli guli… – pull hands away from each other (like pulling taffy or something sticky)
A rafiq – point index fingers to ears in circular motions (as if showing someone is crazy), then point upward
(source)
See also
- Country: Morocco
- Activities: motions
- Dynamics: loud & soft
- Harmony: rounds / Orff arrangements / chords I V
- Melody: repeated tones / re / fa
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: quarter & eighth notes / half notes
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmfst
- Source: Silver Burdett Music, Book 1, General Learning Corporation, 1974
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Originally arabic maroccan
A Ram Sam Sam
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What is the translation for this song?
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