Just before the wedding party, friends and relatives of the bridegroom gather in his house for the talbeeseh party, when the 'arees (bridegroom) is dressed up for the big event while his friends cheerfully chant along with the traditional 'arada group:
Shennekleileh... Shennekleileh
Shoo hal leileh... Shoo hal leileh
(What a night... What a night!)
Men hal leileh hamal al salleh
(From this night on he'll carry the basket)
Men hal leileh sarlo 'eileh
(From this night on he'll have a family)
Allah ye'ino 'ala hal leileh
(May God help him this night!)
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