Yugwerten

In Yugwerten, Diva Dihya pays tribute to Yughurta, king of Numidia.The lyrics are by Messaoud Nedjahi.

YUGWERTEN

Ass-innat urjiγ ibedd d fella

Ibedd d fella wergaz d ameqran

Yenn’ ay a yelli ekker bedd fellam

Tesfawed ayetmam deg wsallas n yid

In’ yasen assa ybedd d fella…

Yugwerten !

Yenn’ ay a yelli diqqeγ ‘f tmurt inu

Tamurt inu tamurt umaziγ

Cal nnes yeswa imettawen inu

Enyes a y uzleγ werni n tedma

Laγ’ ayetmam in’ yasen zriγ…

Yugwerten!

Yerfed afer n weâlaw nnes

Yekk’s d zmam, zmam d ameqran

Yenn’ ay ax’n it a t zren ayetmam

W ad snen tanfust n tarwa wmaziγ

In’ yasen a yelli taggi d tanfust…

n Yugwerten!

Yughurta

Last night, I had a dream

I saw a great man

He said : "wake up, daughter!

Go enlighten your brothers

Go and tell them you saw...

Yughurta!

He said he missed his homeland

The great land of Imazighen

The land watered by his tears

The land where he chassed the gazelle

"Call your brothers and tell them you saw...

Yughurta!

Under the wing of his a3law*, he produced

A big notebook and said :

"Here it is, take it, show your brothers

So they will know the history of Imazighen

Tell them this is the story of...

Yughurta!

*Burnous.