Mark seems to be a loser! Jean is absolutely right! Fares is purely a dirty thinker….who know’s what’s on his mind? Richard, Ahmad and Mariam are absolutely right. Jason has no idea what a pure Lebanese is…..who does! 10min down the road you feel like you’re in another country. They look different, dress, act, behave differently, have different accents and mindsets.
Anyway, this version of the song is from the North of Lebanon. I was in Lebanon for 5 months at the end of 2011. This song was always blasting in Tripoli from a car that drove pass, at weddings, on the TV and even a club I know in Beirut…..where you knew who exactly was from the North or village somewhere in Lebanon. You could tell the city slicker Lebanese (the others) didn’t know the lyrics or how to dance to it (dabki/bellydance style). The song would come on in the club and those who knew the song roared in happiness.
No one knows who sings the original, which is the original or where it came from. There are so many versions maybe the Jordanian version isn’t the original. That youtube clip was posted in 2011 but the song beat and quality does sound old.
Depending how people translate the song, Fares’s Ti Rash Rash can mean what he would like it to mean, or that they are spraying (throwing) rice, flowers or even shooting gun bullets into the air from a machine gun for a new couple or a celebration. Rash is another version for Resh (spraying or throwing) depending on what accent/dialect of Lebanese Arabic you speak.
I’m a big fan of the song….listen to the many versions each day….it’s sad I know, but that’s what makes this song awesome. Not knowing where it came from, and its’ meaning, keeps everyone fascinated and keeps the song popular. Everyone has a version and a good argument on it always arises.
I’m Lebanese, born and raised in Australia, and I can tell you it’s blasting out of my car and other Lebanese here. It’s just as popular here as it is in the North of Lebanon. The majority of Australia’s Lebanese migrated from the North of Lebanon.