assa ad ya3mar wakham : A shawi wedding

I heard a couple of songs by Les Fideles, from the region of Arris. They are very good. What distinguishes them from the other bands is their willingness to experiment. For example, in assa ad ya3mar wakham, they mix it up with rap. Yep, you heard it right, shawi rap. And it is very good. Check them out!


assa ad ya3mar wakham describes a shawi wedding. I heard it on the radio and I managed to get most the lyrics. Let me know if the song is featured in any shawi site.

assa ad ya3mar wakham

assa ad ya3mar wakham

assa ad awin hasliT

habha yellis n yuden

ah yellis n Tmazight

assa ad ya3mar wakham

assa ad awin hasliT

habha yellis n yuden

ah yellis n Tshawit

amaqyas d khalkhal deg Dar

lHanni deg fuss itchawar

asli s wa3law amallal

lbarod fellass isawl

iraHaban tghannan

Dar gher Dar msaman

hazha yemmes n wasli

ad htallab di Rabbi

ad yuch lehna i memmi

akham ad ye3mar si drari.

A Wedding celebration

Today is the wedding day

The bride is arriving today

Oh how beautiful the good girl...

The daughter of Tamazight

Today is the wedding day

The bride is arriving today

Oh how beautiful the good girl...

The daughter of Tashawit

She is wearing her amaqyass and akhalkhal

She is waving her hennaed-hand

The groom is in his white burnous

He is honored on this day

iraHaban are singing...

Side by side dancing

The mother of the groom is overjoyed

She prays to God...

To bless her son

And to give him many kids

Amawal

-ad ya3ar wakham : An expression which means "to get married; settle down".

-hasliT/Taslit : Bride

-asli : groom

-amallal : White

-a3law : Burnous

-adrari : kids

-amaqyas : bracelet

-akhalkhal : Anklet