Wedding Night Song
This song is known as halyōt, from the injunction ehalyōt (“Let’s go out!”). Halyōt songs were traditionally performed by women as they marched to the groom’s house during the nighttime wedding festivities in a procession called the frōźet.
| Poem | Translation |
|---|---|
| w-yā layle nūr | O Night of Light |
| ehalyōt | Let’s go out! |
| ġōṭī l-reḥbēt | It has covered the village |
| ehalyōt | Let’s go out! |
| we-mṭawlā kel | In every direction |
| ehalyōt | Let’s go out! |
| tēhem nīwrēt | It glows with light |
| ehalyōt | Let’s go out! |