ضلمت كده ليه [Dallemet keda leh] [English translation]

From the morning I am drowning in troubles

And from the start, the day is going so wrong

I have to wait for his majesty to pass

while he shamelessly drives in the wrong direction on a one way street.*

why is my heart so troubled

Looks like it will be a day that I am going to regret living.

Why am i stuck in this terrible traffic jam, I should have never come this way

My whole day is wasted in this traffic, this country is killing m!

I wanted to take a right, but they advised me that it would be better if i took a left

I said, well they must know what they are talking about

but i ended up in a cemetery

If you ask for directions in this country*

May god help you!

Why am i stuck in this terrible traffic jam, I should have never come this way

I just managed to pass the bus,

Only to look near me and see a wedding car convoy*

Since this is the weekend

You have no choice but to go where the car convoy is going

Very loud music is blaring, and no one seems to notice

the bitterness we are living in

Why am i stuck in this terrible traffic jam, I should have never come this way

My whole day is wasted in this traffic, this country is killing m!

Once I thought i was smarter than everyone else

so I took a short cut that was supposed to get me away from the traffic. I was so happy about it

Only to find myself stuck in a more crowded street downtown

So I pulled over a started weeping

Woe to me and my life!

Am I ever going to get home today??!!

Why am i stuck in this terrible traffic jam, I should have never come this way

My whole day is wasted in this traffic, this country is killing me!

I almost got home when I found the street I live on blocked off

There was this big crowd, and the house was surrounded by the police

I then noticed a scraggly-looking young man

That the crowd was carrying, an activist, they say

come on, forget about going home, the day is ruined already

how could it get any worse

Why am i stuck in this terrible traffic jam, I should have never come this way

My whole day is wasted in this traffic, this country is killing me!