{"id":2231,"date":"2020-02-06T19:57:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T23:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2020-02-06T19:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T23:57:05","slug":"leonard-cohens-hallelujah-performed-by-mennel-in-english-and-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/02\/06\/leonard-cohens-hallelujah-performed-by-mennel-in-english-and-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d performed by Mennel in English\u2026 and Arabic!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"227\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MennelFinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MennelFinal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MennelFinal-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi just discovered this talent whilst searching the net looking for a Lebanese song she has been singing to warm herself in her today&#8217;s outdoor activity ?. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accidentally, she came across the incredibly gifted, and beautiful, Mennel Ibtissem. The latter is a 22-year-old student from Besan\u00e7on in France. You can see for yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hallelujah Mennel - (Arabic\/english version)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cU1FXtq63v0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you read Arabic, here are the lyrics she sings in\nthe video above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0641\u064a \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0644\u0633\u062a \u0627\u062f\u0631\u064a\n\u0645\u0627 \u0625\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0638\u0644\u0645\u0629 \u062a\u063a\u0645\u0631\u0646\u064a \u064a\u0627 \u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0631\u0636 \u0636\u0627\u0642\u062a \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0645\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0642\u0644\u0628\u064a \u0645\u0627 \u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0636\u064a\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0645\u0639 \u0628\u0627\u062a\n\u064a\u0628\u0643\u064a \u064a\u0627 \u0625\u0644\u0647\u064a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full English lyrics\nare as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Now, I&#8217;ve heard there was a secret chord<br> That David played, and it pleased the Lord<br> But you don&#8217;t really care for music, do you?<br> It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth<br> The minor fall, the major lift<br> The baffled king composing Hallelujah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hallelujah.\nHallelujah<br>\nHallelujah. Hallelujah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your\nfaith was strong but you needed proof<br>\nYou saw her bathing on the roof<br>\nHer beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya<br>\nShe tied you to a kitchen chair<br>\nShe broke your throne, and she cut your hair<br>\nAnd from your lips she drew the Hallelujah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hallelujah.\nHallelujah<br>\nHallelujah. Hallelujah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You say I took the name in vain<br> I don&#8217;t even know the name<br> But if I did, well really, what&#8217;s it to you?<br> There&#8217;s a blaze of light in every word<br> It doesn&#8217;t matter which you heard<br> The holy or the broken Hallelujah\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, thanks to our own Mr. Leonard Cohen (from Montreal :)!) for having existed (1934-2016). Thank you Mennel for your beautiful voice\/talent&#8230;Please keep singing! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi just discovered this talent whilst searching the net looking for a Lebanese song she has been singing to warm herself in her today&#8217;s outdoor activity ?. 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