If I had another chance I wouldn't sing with tears in my eyes I have come too late and I cry "Where were you?" "I fell into an ambush and I had a hassle", she answered me
There are people who lament over their destiny There are people who cry on their own tombstone while they are alive There are people who grow old before their time We're fed up with this life
A few days ago I heard a few seconds from this song which has haunted me since. I finally managed to trace the full track and I can't get it out of my head.
The singer was born in Algiers, Algeria to a poor family of seven children. Encouraged by her older brother, she began studying music at a young age, singing and playing guitar. Massi's music, which prominently features the acoustic guitar, displays Western musical style influences such as rock, country or the Portuguese fado but sometimes incorporates oriental musical influences and oriental instruments like the oud as well as African musical stylings. Massi sings in Algerian Arabic, French, and occasionally English and Kabyle (Berber language), often employing multiple languages in the same song. [source: wikipedia]
Ya Kelbi (Oh! My Heart)
Ou ya kelbi jir7ak tal - Oh My heart, you were broken for too long Ou ya ech ykun sbab el walou - Oh, And what is causing all of this Ou ya 's7ab el qeel ou el qal - And you people who love gossiping Ou yak ma dert walou - You don't have anything to do in your lifeDallu tedou ou tjibou - You keep on blabbering and spreading rumors Ma djibtou akhbar lil denya - Without knowing what's happening on the world Kol wa7ed y3raf 3ibou - Everyone knows his bad Ou yak el denya fanya - As this life is not eternalOu elli mawsletloush l'3naq - And what necks don't reach Qultu 3alih qares - You say it's rotten Fikum nesta3djab - I wonder about you Kalamkum ma yzid ma ynaqes - Your words are uselessShaddin fi khit el rachi - You keep holding that thread Ki nwellu lil sa7 - And if we asked for the truth, El yakes7a btemchi - The caravan passes Ou el kilab tenba7 - And the dogs bark
