Thursday, January 4, 2007

Taqachabit

Taqachabit is a song, in a form of a dialogue between a mother and her child. BEAUTIFUL!

Artist : Dihya

Lyrics : Messaoud Nedjahi

Taqachabit *

mamma, mamma! inaya metta ?
metta hzetteD? metta hzetteD?
zettegh … zettegh i memmi
haqachabiT i TmeTna
haqachabiT i wed'fel
haqachabiT Tamellalt
mezzigat Tiberkanin

mamma, mamma! inaya metta ?
metta hzetteD? metta hzetteD?

zettegh … zettegh i memmi
haqachabiT uSemmiD
haqachabiT i hejrest
haqachabiT i hmeddureT
ass n tyed'rin deg nebd'u
mamma, mamma! inaya metta ?
metta hzetteD? metta hzetteD?

zettegh … zettegh i memmi
haqachabiT nu chehal
haqachabiT n tmeghra
haqachabiT ugellid'
yekhsen ad' yettef abrid'

*****

Mummy, please tell me
What are you weaving? What are you weaving?

I am weaving ... weaving for my son
A qachabit for the rain
A qachabit for the snow
A white qachabit
With black stripes

Mummy, please tell me
What are you weaving? What are you weaving?

I am weaving ... weaving for my son
A qachabit for the cold
A qachabit for winter
A qachabit for life

Mummy, please tell me
What are you weaving? What are you weaving?

I am weaving ...weaving for my son
A qachabit of love
A qachabit for the festival
A qachabit for the king...
Embarking on a journey



*Taqachabit/haqachabit/aqachabit: Algerian traditional coat, made of wool.

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