هذه شغلة مين بيسويها؟
Who does this work today?
اليوم ما بقى ولا واحد بيسويها.
Today there isn't a single one left doing it.
فيه ماكينات بيحطوا القطن،
There are machines that put the cotton,
بس وين شغل الإيد؟ ولا أحلى من هيك.
but where is the handiwork? Nothing nicer than this.
ببيروت كان عندنا 11 الى 13 كنيس
In Beirut we had 11 to 13 synagogues
كلهم بيشتغلوا.
All of them were operating.
اسم الكنيس كان شو؟
What was the name of the synagogue?
أنا كنيس الشوام.
I was at the Shamis Synagogue.
ليش كلهم كانوا شوام؟ من الشام.
Why were they all Shamis? From the Levant.