Tassili – lyrics

1) IMIDIWAN MA TENNAM
What have you got to say my friends?
Mes amis que dites-vous ?

Imidiwan ma tennam dagh awa dagh enha semmen
Tenere den tas-tennam enta dagh wam toyyam teglam
Aqqalanagh aljihalat tamattem dagh illa assahat
Tenere den tossamat lat medden eha sahat
Aksan kallan s tandallat taqqal enta tisharat
Aqqalanagh aljihalat tamattem dagh assahat

2 ) ASSUF D ALWA
Nostalgie et solitude
Longing and loneliness

Asuf d alwa megh tisseren
S el waqqen hegh anukmamnen
Talghiwen assohatnen
Itadj asemman anneghabint
Itissahid tarha n asser
Ism n enshor illan enor
Tillalagh imidiwan adokhan
Adiwanin noyya inezgam djan tinfusen

3 ) TENERE TAQQIM TOSSAM
Le désert est jaloux
Jealous Desert

Tenere ti nin
tenere nekkim
taqqim tafuk tedu
Teyyed fel shinawan ashni
Itissed ehad hi tismesti
Teyyed fel shinawan ashni
Tenere tekkus akan aman nes
Aman iman
Dagh aytman ghred tendam
S tenere taqqim tossam
Aghregh yallah kay s ammaqqar
Ayyetkalan tumast tartay

4) YA MESSINAGH
Oh Seigneur!
Oh Lord!

Ya messinagh hikfan lassbarr
Tad adunya tarha lefkar
Imidiwan
A tat djanegh kud hi tennam
Ahi tangham megh hi toyyem
Tidet tididagh har kuk tekfar
Ere s tat adjad attas tekfar

5 )  ULLA ILLA
Ulla illa
Ulla illa

Ulla illa mizimallat gatti lilla
Adjodagh nemshi shuya ahi netrogh ghur Mizgawa
Ag adam dish offa d-illa tallaqq dagh man illa issikta
As nezdjamegh arghegh taba ed cigarette ha turhena
Ag adam dish offa d illa tallaq dagh man illa issikta

6 ) TAMEYAWT
Tameyawt
Tameyawt

Tamadroyt tamayawt edey nes wan tallaq
Eqqal tafarawt adagh nes tassalat
Nak akal in Timyawin timtaghen tedjedawin
Nak akal in Afara d Assamalmal d Assawa
Addawanagh Tarawant neghres fell as tadawalt
Ad andowagh tegherit har as tissel Tessalit

7 ) IMIDIWAN WIN SAHARA
Amis du Sahara
My friends of Sahara

Imidiwan n Sahara
Ibas negraw elhuria
Ad nenmenak ghred nemda
Megh annemat ibas nella
Bas radjech tett dagh assahara

8 ) TAMIDITIN TAN UFRAWAN
Mon amie la cachottière !
My secretive girl friend!

Tamiditin tan ufrawan mahas naghshad as hitaddlam
Tegla terdjash djer ghewunatan tilghutassen
Ad tenttam dagh ulhawen bas tat izdjer har sismawan
Tamiditin tanufrawan mahas naghshad as hitaddlam

9 ) TILIADEN OSAMNAT
Les filles sont jalouses
Girls are jealous

Sobkh n allah sobkh n allah
Aytma elmedat s tiliaden osamnat
Tiliaden osamnat alistiqhlal wer lennat
Erganshnat dagh gharman wer lennat
Wer idjrwanat a arhanet

10 ) DJEREDJERE
Au fond
At rock bottom

Tenidagh hegh djeredjere
Afudan man saswatahi
Dihad ensegh hegh tenere
djegh inezdjam ayyetahi
ibas tilla timidiwa
ibas tilla tittirewa
ibas tilla er adutten
s-aba el ghahid n duniya
edjod enwat essin esghan
nella djer thunt d assin djerwan
taqalahi tekma asiman
hidadjan ammas n man
shadidj yallah idagh hilan
aghrer y Allah idagh hilan
idja tarha ashadidjan
siyedd ghorsan tegla sufar
hantat karras d efadd n idem

11 ) ISWEGH ATTAY
J’ai bu un thé
I drank some tea

Taqqalahi tisnant alshash ere s taqqal sallul asraf
Eswegh atay ihan elkas azzar s-ulhin har tisantas
Tennedahi ham wer djennegh
Fel nammoqqas hamti-d sektugh
Ere s taqqal sallul asraf
Ed es nedjet nammos aslaf
Tamat tidagh dagh dassidjegh
Wer asbakegh wer aqqimagh
Akfor ahar abrur edjar muchan arne berin labkhar

12 ) TAKEST TAMIDARET
Après-midi brûlant
Scorching Afternoon

As ded termagh issekadd es takest tamidaret
Asintes yallah elemin shund tililt tamintasset
Ishladjegh tintabent tayinayyat tazizawet
Awayagh akarfadogh ayinayen awishakat
Dagh ensanat sanatat ti tadjennen isalan
Ti tadjennen emesli n tigdadd n dussakat
Ellaynen djer teshaqq d adjar wer tetennat
Ekkeghed tashkishekit n medden tassidawat
Aqqimnen ghur tende wat Lalla ed Seyma tessigdalat
Wer helegh a tat dakkagh legh tallik n taterkabat
erkab ara n tamat dogdahagh namissakat
Sawataghas dagh tett n afalla tamynedjet
Shund aswet wa tadj talammt hin tensat tassilallat