Together for Palestine
Lullaby, adapted from the Palestinian folk song “Yamma Mweel El Hawa” (Mama, Sing to the Wind), featuring English verses by Peter Gabriel about resilience and home, alongside Arabic phrases, emphasizing hope, resistance, and solidarity with Gaza.
This song features the following artists: Amena, Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith (Bastille), Kieran Brunt, Lana Lubany, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, London Community Gospel Choir, Mabel, Nadine Shah, Nai Barghouti, Neneh Cherry, Sura Abdo, TYSON, Yasmeen Ayyashi, Ysee.
This Christmas, UK and Palestinian music artists came together to send a message of solidarity to the very place where the Christmas story began.
Chorus:
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya
Oh, sing for me, mama
Mama, sing to the wind
Verse 1:
I wish my bones could form a bridge
And carry you to other side
I wish my bones could form a bridge
To our home, our homeland, to our path
Chorus:
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya
Yamma mweyl el hawa (Oh)
Yamma mweyl-eya
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya
Oh, sing for me, mama (Oh, sing)
Mama, sing to the wind (To the wind)
Chorus:
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya (Yamma mweyl-eya)
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya
Yamma mweyl el hawa
Yamma mweyl-eya (Yamma)
Oh, sing for me, mama
Mama, sing to the wind
Oh, sing for me, mama
Mama, sing to the wind
Verse 2:
Oh, sing to the wind, mama
Oh, mama, sing my song
Is it better to die in freedom
Than a captive life in chains?
Chorus:
Yamma mweyl el hawa (Yamma)
Yamma mweyl-eya (Mweyl el hawa)
Yamma mweyl el hawa (Yamma)
Yamma mweyl-eya (Mweyl-eya)
Oh, sing for me, mama (Darb el khanajer wala)
Mama, sing to the wind (Hokm el-nathel fiyya)
Oh, sing for me, mama (Wala)
Mama, sing to the wind (Hokm el-nathel fiyya)
Yamma mweyl el hawa (Ya rit sadri jisr)
Yamma mweyl-eya (Wa’aebruk eanh)
Yamma mweyl el hawa (Ya rit sadri jisr)
Yamma mweyl-eya (Wa’aebruk eanh)
Oh, sing for me, mama (Wa’aeish ‘ana wyak)
Mama, sing to the wind (Eishat flstyny)
Bridge:
Wahubub snblt tamut
Satamla alwadi sanabil (Satamla alwadi sanabil)
(Satamla alwadi sanabil)
Outro:
Satamla alwadi sanabil
Satamla alwadi sanabil
