Beirut-based Yuri Mrakadi is highly creative and filled with talent.
This being said, our world is sometimes too small. Indeed, Mr. Mrakadi happens to have gone to the same school as Bambi (he was a classmate of one of her sisters). Regardless, he has a very beautiful voice. Many of his songs are deep. Others can be quite funny or even sarcastic. He seems to love to sing in the Standard Arabic language, even if some of his songs are also expressed in the Levantine, or Lebanese-Arabic, dialect.
Mr. Mrakadi’s song, which is featured in this post, was composed in 2024. Bambi just came across it on YouTube. Yes, she is just one year behind Mr. Mrakadi’s fans. Not too bad for the dinosaur that she is sometimes :). Although this song’s lyrics are in Arabic, they include the English word “toxic” (for toxic love). Since Bambi had no clue how to say “toxic” in her mother tongue, she asked her clever online friend Mr. Google Translate. He taught her, or rather reminded her, that this term could be “Samma (female version) or “Sam” (male version). The latter literally means “poisonous”, just like in English.
As a reminder, a toxin is a substance (by extension, a communication pattern or a relationship) that can be harmful. In extreme cases, a toxin can lead to not just illness, but also to death.
Of note, a “toxic” relationship (e.g., love, friendship, family, professional, etc.) may have key unhealthy ingredients related to conflict management, competition, and most likely also a need to control or to manipulate. These ingredients, or signs, typically take time to show, which may be months or even years (https://tinyurl.com/2u8wejzu). This is why it would be wise to take our time to get to know someone, or to observe patterns of toxic behaviour or communication, before getting intimate or committing too fast.
Last but not least, before sharing Mr. Mrakadi’ “Toxic” song, Bambi will leave you with a quick translation of its lyrics, thanks to Mr. Google Translate: “Toxic, your love is toxic. Poison runs through my veins. Toxic, even you are toxic. But with you I live my life., Every time you sting me, I bleed in the dark. And from death you revive me. Toxic, your love is toxic. A rose in the desert is calling. What kind of poison are you? It seems love isn’t enough. I became toxic. Poison runs through my veins“.
To conclude this post, may Mr. Yuri Mrakadi as well as you, dear readers, be enjoying healthy and uplifting relationships. May you be happy and peaceful.
