Lost in Translation

I was lost in Translation When she asked for a dance Said she was from America Might as well have been France We tried to do the dabkeh Couldn't hit the right stance We tried to do the tango Didn't have the right pants Too droopy My head too loopy She had me in a trance Unimpressed though by my parlance Foxtrotted off Thought I had no chance No attempting redemption Alas I stand... Corrected? Scribbling digits up on a napkin Passing it to me Saying yo let's make this happen again She thought my dance moves just needed some practicing Plus she had heard Damascus was full of passionate men I'm like — yep that's true! None more than I Naturalized citizen Not some foreign guy What I lack in experience I make up for in cologña Where you going ya 2amarrr (Moon) Wayn? (Where) I'd love to join ya Not Patagonia ... too cold Not Macedonia ... too old Lets move to California To Southern California Not Bora Bora ... too far Not Tora Bora ... too hard Lets move to California To Southern California 3am bit 2illo "Come ... Come wiz me, Come." x 2 Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam! Eh ma ba3ref Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam! Lak shu bi 3arrifnee 3arabi Mamas be Like "It isn't gonna last" 3arabi Mamas be Like "You're moving too fast" 3arabi Mamas be Like "Are you really trying to be with her?" 3arabi Mamas be Like "What exactly do you see in her?" I see my whole future Spouse, couple of mixed kids Hillside house, palm trees, & a big staircase That can take me way up to my happy place Damascene domesticated California caliphate. Not Patagonia ... too cold Not Macedonia ... too old Lets move to California To Southern California Not Bora Bora ... too far Not Tora Bora ... too hard Lets move to California To Southern California 3am bit 2illo "Come ... Come wiz me, Come." x 2 Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam! Eh ma ba3ref Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam! Lak shu bi 3arrifnee 3am bit 2illo "Come ... Come wiz me, Come." x 2 Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam! Eh ma ba3ref Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam! Lak shu bi 3arrifnee أنا لست في دنيا الخيال ولا الكرى ... و كأنّني فيها لروعة ما أرى ياقوم هل هذي حقائق أم رؤى ... وأنا؟ أصاح أم شربت مخدرا؟ لا تعجبوا من دهشتي وتحّيري ... وتعجبوا إن لم أكن متحيرا كيف التفت رأيت آية شاعر ... لبق تعّمد أن يجيد ليبهرا مسحت بإصبعها الحياة جفونه ... فرأى المحاسن، فانتقى وتخيرا ما "لوس انجلوس"، ما "لوس انجلوس" سوى أنشودة الله غنّاها فجن لها الورى