Autostrad - I have tomorrow off (Ana Bukra M3attel)

This is a fun little upbeat (and very repetitive!) song called Ana Bukra M3attel (انا بكره معطل).

Scroll down for the transcript and notes on some of the vocab and expressions.

I have tomorrow off and you're going to work.

I'm going to work tomorrow but I'm off the day after tomorrow.

I'm off the day after. I might quit.

It's been 30 days since I hung out,

drank coffee or smoked a cigarette.

But my sweetheart visited me on Tuesday.

I can't smoke. My chest is tight.

I should quit. I should (smoke) less.

Two opposite words to describe if someone is going to work or not.

People usually refer to their work as دوام, for example:

This word has the same root as دائمًا which means ‘always’.

The word معطّل means ‘not going to work’ or ‘on vacation’.

Both words are اسم فاعل which indicate a continuous action.

The day after tomorrow.

To stop doing something. Example:

I used to study French but I stopped.

I have been (doing something) for 30 days.

Example: صارلي عايش في الأردن خمس سنين

I have been living in Jordan for five years.

The neighborhood.

Going down, drinking, smoking.

These words are also اسم فاعل which indicate a continuous action.

She came.

The verb إجى is conjugated as follows:

I’m not able. (This is also اسم فاعل)

Closed (Also اسم فاعل)

I should stop.

To do something less