تنتين تريري

English translation: Meaningless rhyme

23:55 Jun 17, 2018
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: تنتين تريري
This phrase occurs in the verse after the verse mentioned in the previous question. It is a reply to his father's proposition for marriage:

قلت لا عرايس النيل * بجديد تنتين تريري

Thank you sirs!
Taha Shoeb
India
Local time: 17:25
English translation:Meaningless rhyme
Explanation:
Again, Ibn Sodoun takes absurdity and satire further. تنتين تريري is folklore chanting here in Egypt.

No brides, I said, any more
Those who wash on Nile shore!
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Muhammad Hosny
Local time: 13:55
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Meaningless rhyme


Explanation:
Again, Ibn Sodoun takes absurdity and satire further. تنتين تريري is folklore chanting here in Egypt.

No brides, I said, any more
Those who wash on Nile shore!

Muhammad Hosny
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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