Nànnuflày
Tinariwen Lyrics
Kàla t-illegh
Ibda nànnuflày
Nilmàd s-àddunya
Harkuk tàmmuttày
Ere-s tosed inta-ghas
Ila derhanàn-net
Harkuk osas
Legh amidi-nin
Hi isaswen ulh-in
Alwàqq d-intas
Ilkam e-timtar
Illegh dara-s
Tedjedit tàhona
Iday fàlla-s
There was a time
I lived fulfilled.
Life taught me that
It can often change.
The one you find in solitude
Is prisoner of egotistical desires.
I have a friend I can trust
Who quenches the thirst
That burns in my heart.
I walk in his footsteps
Pursuing memories built
On a dune that's always moving.
No sleepwalking,
Don't keep me apart
I'm through sleepwalking,
God be in my heart
No more sleepwalking,
Been asleep too long
No more sleepwalking,
Keep me with you god
Writer(s): Mark Lanegan, Eyadou Ag Leche
Contributed by Natalie E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Tinariwen (Tamasheq language: ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, plural of ténéré "desert") is a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band's fifth album Tassili, released in 2011, won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.
Formed in 1982, in strikingly unusual circumstances for a musical ensemble, Tinariwen blend ancient musical traditions with radical contemporary politics. Despite severe natural and man-made hardships Read Full BioTinariwen (Tamasheq language: ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, plural of ténéré "desert") is a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band's fifth album Tassili, released in 2011, won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.
Formed in 1982, in strikingly unusual circumstances for a musical ensemble, Tinariwen blend ancient musical traditions with radical contemporary politics. Despite severe natural and man-made hardships, young Kel Tamashek exiles continued performing the traditional music of their Tuareg forebears in the southern Sahara while simultaneously fighting against the government of Mali.
Forced to seek an alternative to starvation and repression in drought-stricken Mali, many of these young nomads hoped to attain a better life by striking up what proved to be an uneasy alliance with Libya. The hoped-for aid in their struggle with the Mali government failed to materialize, but in the meantime some of the rebels had evolved a form of music that kept alive the music of their forefathers while simultaneously communicating radical political messages. This music is known as tishoumaren, music of the ishumar (the unemployed). Usually performed by groups of 30 and more instrumentalists and singers, tishoumaren acknowledges contemporary western music, especially rock, as well as other music forms prevalent in the Middle East, while never losing touch with the original ancient form. In some instances, players not only adapt traditional forms but also substitute modern instruments for the traditional lutes, flutes and one-string violins. The electric guitar in particular has become popular, even though circumstances demand the availability of portable generators.
The name chosen by this band, Tinariwen, means empty places, thus maintaining a further link to the vast desert regions of the southern Sahara. The musicians include Said Ag Ayad, Alhassane Ag Touhami, Eyadou Ag Leche, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Abdallah Ag Lamida, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni and Bassa Walet Abdoumou.
The music itself is spare and haunting, an aural reflection of those same open spaces. The lyrics of their songs, perhaps more accurately termed sung poetry, carry outspoken political thought that draws attention not only to repression in Mali, but also to the enforced exile of many and the continuing struggle for self-determination of the Tuareg nomads. Song structures are many and varied and include elemental call-and-response patterns as well as (to western ears) discordant notes that call to mind the blue notes favoured by western blues and jazz players overlaid upon a solid four-beat rhythmic foundation that is itself uncommon to the region although compatible with much western popular music.
Tinariwen's first recordings were to cassette, sales and even possession of which carried harsh penalties in Mali and Algeria. In the early 00s, availability of albums encouraged more widespread awareness of the music and its underlying political messages.
Formed in 1982, in strikingly unusual circumstances for a musical ensemble, Tinariwen blend ancient musical traditions with radical contemporary politics. Despite severe natural and man-made hardships Read Full BioTinariwen (Tamasheq language: ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, plural of ténéré "desert") is a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band's fifth album Tassili, released in 2011, won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.
Formed in 1982, in strikingly unusual circumstances for a musical ensemble, Tinariwen blend ancient musical traditions with radical contemporary politics. Despite severe natural and man-made hardships, young Kel Tamashek exiles continued performing the traditional music of their Tuareg forebears in the southern Sahara while simultaneously fighting against the government of Mali.
Forced to seek an alternative to starvation and repression in drought-stricken Mali, many of these young nomads hoped to attain a better life by striking up what proved to be an uneasy alliance with Libya. The hoped-for aid in their struggle with the Mali government failed to materialize, but in the meantime some of the rebels had evolved a form of music that kept alive the music of their forefathers while simultaneously communicating radical political messages. This music is known as tishoumaren, music of the ishumar (the unemployed). Usually performed by groups of 30 and more instrumentalists and singers, tishoumaren acknowledges contemporary western music, especially rock, as well as other music forms prevalent in the Middle East, while never losing touch with the original ancient form. In some instances, players not only adapt traditional forms but also substitute modern instruments for the traditional lutes, flutes and one-string violins. The electric guitar in particular has become popular, even though circumstances demand the availability of portable generators.
The name chosen by this band, Tinariwen, means empty places, thus maintaining a further link to the vast desert regions of the southern Sahara. The musicians include Said Ag Ayad, Alhassane Ag Touhami, Eyadou Ag Leche, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, Abdallah Ag Lamida, Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni and Bassa Walet Abdoumou.
The music itself is spare and haunting, an aural reflection of those same open spaces. The lyrics of their songs, perhaps more accurately termed sung poetry, carry outspoken political thought that draws attention not only to repression in Mali, but also to the enforced exile of many and the continuing struggle for self-determination of the Tuareg nomads. Song structures are many and varied and include elemental call-and-response patterns as well as (to western ears) discordant notes that call to mind the blue notes favoured by western blues and jazz players overlaid upon a solid four-beat rhythmic foundation that is itself uncommon to the region although compatible with much western popular music.
Tinariwen's first recordings were to cassette, sales and even possession of which carried harsh penalties in Mali and Algeria. In the early 00s, availability of albums encouraged more widespread awareness of the music and its underlying political messages.
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Amos Zazoun
@Beauty & Honor My experience tells me people which talk about truth or "propaganda" are the biggest propagandists and misleader!
And you can see the populistic bullshit in every of your sentences!
You are claiming to be the voice of Algerians, Palestineans and Muslims all around the world and you are not ashamed using the picture of a hero for your personal propaganda trip. Very strange!
In reality there aint no stereotypes like that and there are for example lots of moroccan Imazighen positioning pro Israel. Ok, there are on the one hand political interests BUT there are also real humans, real Imazighen feeling with the Jews! But its Morocco and not Algeria. And of course you forgot the most people wont tell you face to face what they think about Israel or moroccan king, etc. because there are propagandists like you telling people what to think or people get punished and abandoned 👆🏼
But be sure lots of Moroccans know that it is a mistake to threw Jews from the land because where Jews are everything is blooming! And evil persons don't like that!
I know you cannot see it because you talk about "the Western" as a homogenic evil mass and Algeria or Palestina is the only True and honest place on earth 😂
And let not forget your racist crap talk! You are a separator not interested in peace. And I truly understand every single Israeli who wouldn't cooperate with people like you!
Ah, and by the way - genetically I am Amazigh but let go of the Illusion of the pure Amazigh 😂 Everyone is mixed up! Go test yourself. Maybe there are some french or spanish or Sephardic roots 🌹
I really wonder if you are very old living in the past or very young and naive. But probably you're in your best age and investing too much energy in fanatic thoughts.
C'dali XenZia
LYRICS : Nannuflay "fullfield" talk about "pursuing memories built on a dune that's always moving."
Kàla t-illegh
Ibda nànnuflày
Nilmàd s-àddunya
Harkuk tàmmuttày
Chorus
Ere-s tosed inta-ghas
Ila derhanàn-net
Harkuk osas
Chorus
Legh amidi-nin
S-inta niflas
Hi isaswen ulh-in
Alwàqq d-intas
Chorus
Ilkam e-timtar
Illegh dara-s
Tedjedit tàhona
Iday fàlla-s
Chorus
There was a time
I lived fulfilled.
Life taught me that
It can often change.
The one you find in solitude
Is prisoner of egotistical desires.
I have a friend I can trust
Who quenches the thirst
That burns in my heart.
I walk in his footsteps
Pursuing memories built
On a dune that’s always moving.
no sleepwalking,
don’t keep me apart
I’m through sleepwalking,
god be in my heart
no more sleepwalking,
been asleep too long
no more sleepwalking,
keep me with you god
Moses id
@Carlos Pinto True one should be well informed of what they want to Interpret. The difference is that I dont think that we should be looking into what the author thought exactly but rather what this Work of Art tells us about the Society the Work was made in or the Wisdom we can extract for our self in these Lycrics. The Authors Ideas and messages of course are also interesting to look at.
And because I thought it would be Sad that we can only work with the imagery and the interpretations of others in the comment section. I looked online for a translation of the Lycrics into English. I hope this Internet Site did a good Job in translating.
Lyrics:
There was a time
I lived fulfilled
Life taught me that
It can often change
The one you find in solitude
Is prisoner of egotistical desires
I have a friend I can trust
Who quenches the thirst
That burns in my heart
I walk in his footsteps
Pursuing memories built
On a dune that’s always moving
No sleepwalking
Don’t keep me apart
I’m through sleepwalking
God be in my heart
No morе sleepwalking
Been asleep too long
No more sleepwalking
Keep me with you god
https://genius.com/Tinariwen-nannuflay-lyrics
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LYRICS
Kàla t-illegh
Ibda nànnuflày
Nilmàd s-àddunya
Harkuk tàmmuttày
Chorus
Ere-s tosed inta-ghas
Ila derhanàn-net
Harkuk osas
Chorus
Legh amidi-nin
S-inta niflas
Hi isaswen ulh-in
Alwàqq d-intas
Chorus
Ilkam e-timtar
Illegh dara-s
Tedjedit tàhona
Iday fàlla-s
Chorus
There was a time
I lived fulfilled.
Life taught me that
It can often change.
The one you find in solitude
Is prisoner of egotistical desires.
I have a friend I can trust
Who quenches the thirst
That burns in my heart.
I walk in his footsteps
Pursuing memories built
On a dune that’s always moving.
no sleepwalking,
don’t keep me apart
I’m through sleepwalking,
god be in my heart
no more sleepwalking,
been asleep too long
no more sleepwalking,
keep me with you god
Atef Khelili .ⵣ. ⵄⵜⴻⴼ ⵅⴻⵍⵉⵍⵉ
"There was a time
I lived fulfilled.
Life taught me that
It can often change.
The one you find in solitude
Is prisoner of egotistical desires.
I have a friend I can trust
Who quenches the thirst
That burns in my heart.
I walk in his footsteps
Pursuing memories built
On a dune that's always moving.
No sleepwalking, don't keep me apart
I'm through sleepwalking, god be in my heart
No more sleepwalking, been asleep too long
No more sleepwalking, keep me with you god"
Achair Namedlinda
Awesome animation . love from Texas to Algeria and all of North Africa.
Abdoulaye CISSÉ
@Farid Ben this is Malian desert not algerian
thorny rose
Hello from Germany..
Evaristphi
@Our Morocco imohaghn (or touareg) Localized in Sud of Algeria and libia and Azawad and Niger and borkinafasso + mourtan
سير ل ويكيبيديا و قرا عليهوم
و الفرقة ديال تيناريوين تنشأت ف تامنغاست جنوب الجزائر (ولاية ادرار) و لكن بعد ذلك نتاقلو العناصر ل كيدال ف ازواد و جتا عناصر المجموعة راه مخلطين
كاينين فيهوم جزائريين و ليبيون و ازواديون 😉😊
Our Morocco
Those people aren't not from Algeria, they're from North of Mali, named Tawarik.(الطوارق). Search about it.
Ras_KrysTafari
I confirm & concur3 love from Cali
ǝʌo⅂V3~𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮क~ ▙▄ █ 🅶 █▬█ ▜iam𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮▛ 👁~🐝🍃InJah🌳ality1𝔏o͒͊̕v̿̈́͝𝓮L̵̢̼͓̒͋̽i̵̡͕͖̿͋͝g̸͍͕͕̈́͋̔h̸͕͚̞̓̓͠t̵͙̫̔̓̚L̔͑̓o͒͊̕v̿̈́͝é͊̚𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮🔥क्रिस्टल
أبو بكر الطارقي Sa
(تتكلم الغنية عن زكرايات رجل)
في الصحراء الكبرى ازواد شمال مالي ، عاد رجل عريق من الطوارق إلى المخيم حيث نشأ لحفلة. إنه يتذكر أفراح وعذاب الحياة البدوية التي عاشها مع صديق توفي منذ ذلك الحين: ذكريات من طفولتهم الساذجة في الكثبان الرملية ، والمغامرات التي عاشوها خلال سنوات المراهقة ، ومعارك ودراما حياتهم الراشدة ... تخبرنا صداقتهم قصة الناس القبيلة الذين يعيشون في أرض الوحدة.
mohamed ali
تحية وحب وتقدير الي اهل العراقة و الصحراء
Mr-A Moon
انا ودي اتعلم اللغة كيف اتعلمها ؟
ninja amazigh free
@ابن الصحراء تينيري مالى فقط بيدق العدو حقيق هي فرنسا تحاتى لأبناء عمومتنا في ازواد من امازيغي جمهوري من مغرب الذي هو ايضا يعانى مثل معناتكم و سبب هي فرنسا.
بتوفيق في نضالكم و اتمنى لكم استقلال ازواد من احتلال مالى و فرنسي لبلاد شمال افريقيا