1. |
Surbajo
05:12
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What am I going to tell you?
She is more beautiful
than white clouds
filled up from the great oceans
where the lightning shines.
What can I say about her teeth,
which are brilliantly white.
Her hair is as long as
the stem of a tree
full of water and bending.
++++++++++++
Madamzana tofa igarakan
adonassnen danag garwan
tahan Milowlawan
Madzana as chenanet ar mezaki n
massdaran
ijakadnet ogdan ad lawaghan
Eguess adashwanen tallagwen
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2. |
Eghass Malan
05:44
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I prefer death
or embers stuck to my heart
or that my soul will be torn apart
that it will be said in my community that I committed adultery.
My best friend among women,
One day she started
to call out at night
She wears her gold and then she removes her jewelry
She is sick with shame.
But I’ve seen even stranger
things in the desert,
I saw a beautiful woman
married to a broken man.
Her hand is in his hand and she walks through the community
She has a yellow skin that protects
her from the wind
The whiteness of
her teeth are bright.
I prefer death
or embers stuck to my heart
or that my soul will be torn apart.
++++++++++++
Nak assofa ibah maday shimakaten
iltaghnen tassanin, imanin tizalaben adikal dagh orchan
As nak egharaben
Adar n tamiditin dagh tadoden
Afawtadou trigrag adawane
tikan uragh net takass shizabaten
takass shizabaten n tifasu shinitain
Michan nak inaya imatti n ténéré
Inaya akhshoud n tallillite ittaf
awunan
titaf afouss net tallil tamatay
tarwak n ellam net adzimila titagaz-
tu dagh adou
timillay n echen net tikna aballizi
Nak assofa ibah maday shimakaten
iltaghnen tassanin, imanin tizalaben
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3. |
Telilit
11:06
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I prefer death
or embers stuck to my heart
or that my soul will be torn apart
that it will be said in my community
that I committed adultery.
My best friend among women,
She went in the bush one night to meet a man
One day she started to scream at night
She wears her gold and she detaches her jewelry
She is sick with shame.
But I also saw the metamorphosis of the desert,
I saw a beautiful woman married to a broken man.
Her hand is in his hand and she walks through the community
She has a yellow skin that protects her from the wind
The whiteness of her teeth are bright.
I prefer death
or embers stuck to my heart
or that my soul will be torn apart.
++++++++
Nak assofa ibah maday shimakaten
iltaghnen tassanin, imanin tizalaben
adikal dagh orchan
As nak egharaben
Adar n tamiditin dagh tadoden
Afawtadou trigrag adawane
tikan uragh net takass shizabaten
takass shizabaten n tifasu shinitain
Michan nak inaya imatti n ténéré
Inaya akhshoud n tallillite ittaf awunan
titaf afouss net tallil tamatay
tarwak n ellam net adzimila titagaztu dagh adou
timillay n echen net tikna aballizi
Nak assofa ibah maday shimakaten
iltaghnen tassanin, imanin tizalaben
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4. |
Chakalan
08:18
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My friends
Come back to me
Until you see
a blue car
Who runs on the desert
and between the mountains With its battery
With its engine
He travels in the country In Taranza’s journey
They travel and they travel men travel
++++++++
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5. |
Inssegh Inssegh
08:58
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I spent the whole night
meditating O Fatimah
A painful meditation, listen to me
listen to me, my dear, listen
++++++++
Ansaigh ansaigh
samdarana Fatimah
ikamin talyat asli talyat aslou
ikamin talyat asli talyat aslou
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You Fatou who is there
You said that this
great noise of tendé
How did you defeat her It was all a lie
Tajiden cannot
overcome anything
Who could she defeat in tendé
What is Tajiden used for
I swear by Alhadi
that she drank Yassin
She drank Bismi
She drank Alkhamdou
They were written
by the marabouts
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Kamou Fatou den
Tanne matibibiwe den
Mastadoutitarna den
Adi koul bahou den
Matorna Tajiden
Matorna da tenday den
Matinfa Tajiden
Ma wan Alhadi den
Ma tashwa Yassin
Ma tashwa Bismi
Ma tashwa Alkhamdou
Ma win ashikhan
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