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An attempt to uncover the Hatt I've received numbers of letters, asking me what the *** this site is about. I'll try to give you an explanation, although it's not easy... Send any questions to: Hatten |
A
man called Azar Habib, from Lebanon, recorded some songs in the early 80's.
As luck would have it, a tape with his songs made its way to Sweden, where
I live. One of the songs was "Habbeetik", which is heard in the
flash video "Hatten är din". So, Mr Habib is singing in Lebanese,
or Arabic. Now, most Swedes don't understand a word of it. So, what to do?
Obviously to "translate" the song to Swedish. The printed lyrics
in the video are in Swedish, phonetically matching the original singing
to a stunning extent, really. Unfortunately it's not possible to maintain
that in a translation to English (I can't anyway). So, what's it about? Well, I have no clue what the original lyrics are about, but the Swedish lyrics are about a hat. It's based on a drinking game, where the person being the most drunk gets to wear the hat. The others then gather round in a circle and, while pointing at the "winner", chant "Hatten är din" which means "the hat is yours". Following is a translation of the lyrics. Lalalalalalala... Oooooh-ohohohoh Winning kinky and fun The hat is yours, the hat is yours The hat is living it up, The hat is yours, the hat is yours This is hopeless The hat is yours, the hat is yours The hat is yours, the hat is yours Lalalalalalala Cool guy holding a soda Cool guy holding a soda Threw the hat in Bert's coke-au-lait But baby, of course you knew that The hat is yours, the hat is yours Lalalalalalala Borrow the LP "The hat is yours" Borrow the LP "The hat is yours" Yes, the hat is yours, yours! Everyone knows why and everything will get perfect The hat is yours, the hat is yours Lalalalalalala Glue piece of ham, cool. The hat is yours, the hat is yours The hat is living it up, The hat is yours, the hat is yours This is hopeless The hat is yours, the hat is yours The hat is yours, the hat is yours Lalalalalalala |
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