Men may also join in the singing, though this is rare, as the harvest itself was, in most cases, the women’s domain. One such song, with a light melody.
هللي هللي وهليتوا وهلينا عشرة ومية
وحبة حبة حبيتوا وقطفتوا من العلية
حبة حبة ياليمون عقلي بحبك صار مجنون
وجمعنا جماعية موردي واصله حنون
Hillee hillee w hilleitoo w hilleina 3ashra w meeyye
W 7abbe 7abbe 7abbeitoo w qatafto men el 3ayle
7abbe 7abbe bel laymoon 3aqlee bi7obak sar majnoon
W jama3na jma3iye...
Welcome welcome you have arrived and we have welcomed ten and a hundred
One by one you have loved and you picked from the high branches
Grain by grain o lemon my mind has gone...