Tinariwen - TENERE TAQQIM TOSSAM Lyrics

Tenere taqqim tossam

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

(The desert is mine

Tenere, my homeland,

We come to you when the sun goes down

Leaving a trail of blood across the sky

Which the black night wipes out

The desert is hot and its water hard to find

Water is life and soul

To all my brothers I say, the desert is jealous!)

All through the rain, (?)
You jealous desert,
Why can't you see
You are a treasure?
I've seen the world,
I love you better.
All through the rain, (?)
You are the treasure
Of my soul.

Dagh aytman ghred tendam
S tenere taqqim tossam
(Bis)

Aghregh yallah kay s ammaqqar
Ayyetkalan tumast tartay
(Bis)

(I cry out to God on High

To bring my people together

In unity)

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Babatunde Omoroga Adebimpe / David Kyp Joel Malone / Ibrahim Ag Alhabib / Eyadou Ag Leche / Eg Leche, Eyadou

Tenere Taqhim Tossam lyrics © Chrysalis Music, Stunzeed Music, Wedge (inear Publishing)