Media Type:
Songs
Title
Ana Mawgood (I Still Exist)
Subject
Song
Description
Taken from Massar Egbari's first album, 'Read the News' (2013), the song expresses defiance in the face of violence and authoritarianism.
Massar Egbari, whose members are from Alexandria, was created in 2005. However, the band became very successful in the post-2011 period, which saw a flourishing of the independent music scene. They blend rock, jazz, blues and oriental music and their songs are mainly about social issues facing young people. They generally avoid being associated with particular political positions. Surprisingly for many of their fans, they recorded a song with Ahmed Sheba encouraging people to vote in the 2019 constitutional referendum. The referendum was contentious as it concerned extending the presidential term of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
Creator
Massar Egbari
Source
Publisher
YouTube
Date Published
Contributor
- Lyrics by : Aamar Moustafa
- Music Composed : Hany el Dakak
Rights
YouTube Standard License
Related Resources
Language
Arabic
Date Created
11/04/2013
Tags
Citation
Massar Egbari, “Ana Mawgood (I Still Exist),” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed December 21, 2024, https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/121.
Media
Translation
Despite the borders
Despite the dams
Despite the covenants that have gone and passed
Despite the wounds
Despite the pains
Despite there being a crowd of words within
Despite those who said
and those who think they can suffocate the mind with restrictions
Despite the problem with no solutions
I exist
I exist
I'm still capable of withstanding
I exist
I exist
I'm still capable of withstanding
It is me who changed the past, and I will be the one to change the future
Still, dignity's taste clings to the tongue
And if injustice made you forget, I will remind you...
...that I am greater than your limits/borders, and still capable of breaking your bonds/constraints
My voice is stronger than your gunpowder
I exist
I exist
My voice is stronger than your gunpowder
I exist
I exist
My voice is stronger than your gunpowder
Despite the dams
Despite the covenants that have gone and passed
Despite the wounds
Despite the pains
Despite there being a crowd of words within
Despite those who said
and those who think they can suffocate the mind with restrictions
Despite the problem with no solutions
I exist
I exist
I'm still capable of withstanding
I exist
I exist
I'm still capable of withstanding
It is me who changed the past, and I will be the one to change the future
Still, dignity's taste clings to the tongue
And if injustice made you forget, I will remind you...
...that I am greater than your limits/borders, and still capable of breaking your bonds/constraints
My voice is stronger than your gunpowder
I exist
I exist
My voice is stronger than your gunpowder
I exist
I exist
My voice is stronger than your gunpowder
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ana-mawgood-i-exist.html
Submitted by Dina El Hakim on 25/04/2015
Duration
3m 25s
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