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This song is not for the faint of heart. To understand why everyone loves it so much, you have to look for the juicy double meanings. Grapes and mangos obviously represent a woman's body parts, but dates? That is a reference for men. On a public forum like this I won't go into the details, but the joke comes from skin color.

The harvest interlude is a young man pleading with his mother to arrange his marriage 'while the fruit is ripe for picking.' He is worried others may come along and harvest the fruit before him.
Yasmin

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