Ebaa Monther - Comrade | إباء منذر - رفيق

“Rafiq” is a callback to a popular resistance song and another about love. In “Rafiq” a woman is in the midst of love and war, and the song is a reflection of the artist’s own experience in an occupied homeland, where resistance is coupled with the quest to find a partner in the struggle, not merely against a known enemy, but also in the face of systems of oppression that compound a sense of anger and injustice. As she resists, she seeks out a companion in love and in war.

Despite having words that are overshadowed by sadness, the song is presented with a joyful melody, as if it is a reference to the state of the “Pessoptimist” existing in the Occupied Syrian Golan and Palestine, and to life that leans on the edges of love and war.

"Comrade " by Ebaa Monther produced within the Palestine music incubator (NEST)
Listen to the release on all music platforms https://bfan.link/comrade-1

Production team
Composer and performance: Ebaa Monther
Production and arrangement: Julmoud

Lyrics:
على العلى والعلى على العلى قلبي من العلى ذايب على لو على وما هو حلال من الله صابيه تأخذ شايب على على
وستنا علينا يا هلباص تنودع اهلينا عله عله
يا يما ما ريد انا الهجان
يركب جميلو ويفارقني
ويروح ويرحل مع العربان
بيت الشعر ما يسكني
ياما ريد اني ابن العشرين
قبل الصبح يندهلي فيقي
ويرد الجدلي عن الجبين
ويقبل الخدي ع لريقي
ولشري بارودة من الطوالي حسيها يا دقت النوبة
Its occupation لخة عقار
عنا ل station فاقعين خضار
مضيعين location أخذتو الدار بال manipulation خراي علجار

فيق يارفيق فش قهوي وضايع عريق
فش رقوي وضاع الطريق
في عجوي ونبيذ عتيق
اشرب كل عادي ول كلو فل ولا حد ظل كلو زتك عطريق.

وكلو بقلقل على كلو ولا حد حالو بطيق ضاقت فينا هلدنيا وما شفنا حدا بالضيق
كلو بوجهك حيلو رفيقي و بوثق فيك افتل ظهرك يا روحي ينشر عرضك لرفيق
كلو املك بشلو دنيا مصالح يا شريك بياخذ منك ما بيعطي زتك بنص الطريق
وبفلو لما مصيبي تجيك ولما تحلا يا روحي يهني فيك الرويق Busy كلو
هن ثنين لبظلو امل بنص الهلاك عايدك عدن يا عمري كم واحد هن صديق
فيق يارفيق فش قهوي وضايع عريق
فش رقوي وضاع الطريق
في عجوي ونبيذ عتيق
اشرب كل عادي ول كلو فل ولا حد ظل كلو زتك عطريق

ِAbout NEST
Palestine music incubator (NEST) is a 7-month program that aims to work closely with music performers towards building, growing and sustaining a professional career in music. By providing knowledge and mentorship, in addition to production and live performances opportunities, NEST equips its participants with the needed tools and understanding to better navigate the intricate, dynamic and fast evolving global music industry.

About Ebaa Monther
She describes herself as “the mountain girl who raps.” The mountain that is featured in her songs is part of her memory of the folkloric songs through which she connects with her identity and sense of belonging. In doing so, she creates her alternative musical style while also conveying the voices and experiences of women.

Her connection to singing and music began at an early age in Majdal Shams in the Occupied Syrian Golan, where, influenced by her family, she learned the piano and theater performance. With her university studies in theater and performance art, her musical approach shifted toward treating songs as integrated performance pieces.

In 2017, Ebaa put out her first song, “Mansi” (Forgotten), in which she raised questions about her dual Syrian-Palestinian identity in an occupied country. Grappling with the same questions, she followed up with “Lamma Nmoot” (When We Die), where she focused on the questions of travel and borders.

The music of her environment — songs of the orchards, popular folklore, and protest music — remained with her, and she decided to create a musical style in which those songs are recreated with a modern approach. Her song “Cognac,” for example, is a representation of the folkloric song “Min wein abda ya qalbi.” “Ghabeshe” was influenced by the popular uprising that took place in Palestine and the occupied Golan in May of 2021.

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