Described by Dania online as both a love letter to Syria— her country of origin— and a song for her grandmother, Yasmeen’s bilingual lyrics chronicle the singer’s fading childhood memories of her homeland, and the complex relationship the singer has with the very concept of homeland as a first-gener...
[المقطع الأول]
نسيت ريحة الياسمين
ولون السماء لما كنت صغيرة
I don’t belong to me
But to stone cities and broken dreams
[المقطع الثاني]
قالتلي نانتي مافي شي
متل ما كان لما كنتي صغيرة
قالتلي نانتي مافي انا، راح مع جدك وراح معي
Yasmeen was written by Dania Hallak & Mike Mroz.
Yasmeen was produced by Dania Hallak & Mike Mroz.