sussem

sussem is an old shawi song. There are different versions, but the idea is the same. A lonely mother is talking to her little boy while she is weaving. A sad lullaby!

sussem

sussem sussem a 3alla memmi

ennig a3law i babak

babak iroH iba3dek

yewwi TarumiT ijja yemmek

sussem sussem a 3alla memmi

ennig a3law du qachabi

babak iroH ijja lwali.

Hush

Hush hush 3alla, my son

Let us weave a burnous for your daddy

Your daddy who took off and left you

He left your mother for a French woman

Hush hush 3alla, my son

I am weaving a burnous and a qachabi *

Your father abandoned his family

*TaqachabiT/haqachabiT : Algerian traditional coat.