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Tinariwen - Elwan Imidiwàn n-àkall-in

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Tinariwen - Elwan

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  • ISRC:FRPH71600013
  • Recorded:2016 Bivouac le Petit Prince, Melodium Studios & Rancho
  •  ©2017 Wedge SARL, under exclusive license to Anti

Lyrics

Imidiwan n-àkall-in
Ayyatahi fàll iman-in
Chorus
Wa-dàgh fàll iwegh àrdjachàgh
Djer ikallàn wàr legh ikrahàgh
Chorus
Toyyam àlxal àzzaràn
Ahan imgharàn data nàwàn
Akall inle i-ozaràn
Ahan imgharàn d-ilyadàn
Chorus
Kek ayitma tàghladàm
Tiknasàm fàll azaràn
Akall inle i-ozaràn
Ahan imgharàn d-ilyadàn
Chorus

Friends from my own land
Leave me be.
Since I was born I walk
Through strange countries
Where I go astray.
My own people have abandoned
Their ancestral ways.
All that’s left is a groaning land
Full of old people and children
Oh my brothers!
You’re on the wrong path.
What’s the use of blood ties?
Our land is moaning
Full of the old, and of children.