[HANASHIR:12314] Re: Hafinjan - lyrics question.

[Eric Komar <ekomar...>]

Hi Ros,

Never saw a finjan before, but one thing I can confirm is that it is not a
Russian word. I believe it's Arabic for "coffeepot".


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ros Schwartz" <ros_schwartz (at) yahoo(dot)ca>
To: "Hanashir" <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:12313] Hafinjan - lyrics question.


> I am working on a translation of this song (for no particular reason,
other than than I felt
> like it ... )
>
> Can anyone tell me exactly what a finjan looks like?
>
> Someone said "finjan" is originally a Russian word, can anyone comment on
this?
>
> and ... exactly what is being described by the lines:  "Soveiv lo, soveiv
hafinjan"?  ...
> what is going around, and how?
>
> Thanks for your help, as always,
>
> - Ros
>
>

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