This is a song about the power of life to transform, toughening even the kindest and most empathetic individuals. It speaks to the difficulty of unlearning kindness, of being abandoned and cast adrift, of being forgotten, of suffering with no one to turn to, of being discarded when you've nothing left to offer. This is an ode to the gentle souls who endure.
Lyrics in Tachlhit:
Lhousain lbaz
a ddunit ar tbadalt ɣwalliɣ illa wul
aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a tasa mad km yaɣn?
manik rad nskr d ixf inu ɣ lḥayat, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
nga ccabab ncib urta fllas lkmɣ, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
adk nḍalb a ṛbbi ad gi tḥnnut iɣ allaɣ, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
imma yan ɣ ar nkkrz lxir ar aɣ ikkat, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
nga nn lxir, nkrz lxir, asiɣ lɛaṛ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
nkka yan waṭṭan ṛbbi ka iyi sul iran aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
imma laḥbab kra gisn is aɣ ittrwal aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
imddukkal inu ddan kullu mani kkan? aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ula tibratin iggut mad fllaɣ uran aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
illa mad ilan tnbr, illa mad tt ur ilin aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
walainni ṣṣbr iga asmun i tasa nnaɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
mami cciɣ kra ad dd ackin ad t inn awin aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ura ttakwrɣ, ula ḍlmɣ, ula nniɣ lɛaṛ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
men du zzin nttan ad aɣ yiwin lḥayat aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
zzin ar siɣ ikkrz, ar sitnɣ isrwat aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
riɣ a sslam ad k aznɣ, ɛwwlɣ ad tlkmt aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
i walli dd crkaɣ lhmm ur iyi t usin aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a winu nmun nkki dik, nɛwwl fllak aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
walainni kiyi ḍḍṛbt nnk as ar tettlit aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
nkkin ur giɣ i ḍḍṛbat mani ɣ ar ṭṭaṛnt aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
nga lmskin ur ngi kra ikkat ufus aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
issnt ak mad nenna d ixf inu ɣ uɣaras aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ɣar nkti d lḥubb nnk nniɣ alaṭif aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur jju ẓṛiɣ lḥubb issallan ar ikkat aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur illi zund ɣwad nnk kullu ɣ lɛalam aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a winu ssfld i mad daɣ tnna tasa nnaɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur ak nsmiḥ tgʷṛaẓ aɣ mra k ur nssin aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur rad nawi aḥṛṛig nnk ar iyi ssallan aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
blḥaqq yan lḥsab iɣt nniɣ is llan aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
lmal ad igan ḍḍiḍ nnk, iffuɣ aɣ afus aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
lḥubb n lɣṛḍ ur ar gis tettilit a laman aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a winu ssfld i mad daɣ tnna tasa nnaɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
50 n wudm ad dak illan a winnaɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ar ak itgllab ṛbbi lɛaql ya laṭif aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
manik rad sul ng ad aɣt a winu tnnit aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ar nṭṭaṛ, ar ttazzalɣ aylliɣ ṛmiɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
iga aɣ ujmil inu zund iɣt ncca ɣ iṛaman, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ḥaqqan tisnt ad n ufus inu frɣnt, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
wanna tt iccan, ibṛṛm ikufr fllaɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
allah a kra tzznzit iyi nniɣ ukan aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ar iyi tnkaṛm dar tammnt ula atay aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur ak nsmiḥ tgʷṛaẓ aɣ mra k ur nssin, aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a winu rja f llah ur tamaɣ, ur nssin aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur nssin is ar tṛbbut wyya f ufus nnk aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
walainni lḥsab nnk ɣilli ɣ nn imun aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ur igi yan ula gan smmuṣ ad tt nniɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a blḥaqq yan lḥsab iɣ t nniɣ is llan aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
iffuɣ lḥubb lqlb nnk, yamẓ turin nnk aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
yan wass rad iɣʷli d ixf nnk ad k akkʷ iffuɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
allah uɛlam, allah uɛlam ssnɣ ukan aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
allah a udad ur igin i tmmariwin aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
iṣaḥa awn nit lmndaf ma rad awnt ikkis? aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
iga kullu lḥdid ur tufit ad trwlt aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
imma ṣṣaḥt lli tṛbbit kullu tasus ak aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
iẓuṛan d idammn d ixsan ad sul illan aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
ad ak iɛfu ṛbbi hann ɣik ann ur iffuɣ aḥḥ a ddunit ar tbadalt
a tasa mad km yaɣn?