Cheb Khaled - Aishaشاب خالد - عائشةAicha

This song was written by the legendary French songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman.

Khaled - Aicha As if I don't exist She was passing by me With no regard, the Queen of Sheeba I said, Aisha, take this, all of it is for you

Here, the pearls, the jewels,
also the gold around your neck
The fruits, well ripe with the taste of honey
And my life, Aisha if you love me!

I will go where your breath leads me,
In the countries of ivory and ebony
I will erase your tears, your sorrows
Nothing is too beautifull for a girl so beautiful

Aisha, Aisha listen to me
Aisha, Aisha don't go
Aisha, Aisha look at me
Aisha, Aisha answer me

I would say the words, the poems
I would play the music of the sky
I would take the rays of the sun
to light up your dreamy eyes

Ooh! Aisha, Aisha listen to me
Aisha, Aisha don't go

She said: "Keep your treasures,
Me, I'm worth more than that.
Bars are still bars even if made of gold.
I want the same rights as you
and respect for each day,
Me I want only love."

(In Arabic)
I want you Aisha and I love you to death
You are master of my life and my love
You are my years and my life
I hope to live with you, only you

خالد - عائشة

Comme si je n'existais pas,
elle est passée à côté de moi
Sans un regard, reine de Saba,
j'ai dit, Aïcha, prends, tout est pour toi

Voici, les perles, les bijoux,
aussi l'or autour de ton cou
Les fruits, biens mûrs au goût de miel,
ma vie, Aicha si tu m'aimes!

J'irai où ton souffle nous mène,
dans les pays d'ivoire et d’ébène
J'effacerais tes larmes, tes peines,
rien n'est trop beau pour une si belle

Aïcha, Aïcha écoute-moi,
Aïcha, Aïcha t'en vas pas,
Aïcha, Aïcha regarde moi,
Aïcha, Aïcha reponds-moi

Je dirais les mots les poèmes,
je jouerais les musiques du ciel,
je prendrais les rayons du soleil,
pour élairer tes yeux de rêves

Oooh! Aïcha, Aïcha écoute-moi,
Aïcha, Aïcha t'en vas pas

Elle a dit: "Garde tes trésors,
moi, je vaux mieux que tout ça.
Des barreaux sont des barreaux même en or
Je veux les mêmes droits que toi
Et du respect pour chaque jour,
moi je ne veux que l'amour"

نبغيك عايشة ونموت عليك
هادي سيدة حياتي وحبي
انت عمري وانت حياتي
تمنيت نعيش معك غير انت

Souad Massi - Storytellerسعاد ماسي - راويRaoui

Updated media and translation

Souad Massi - Storyteller Oh storyteller tell us a story Make it a tale Tell me about the people of old Tell me about 1001 Nights And about Lunja the daughter of the Ghoul And about the son of the Sultan

I'm about to tell a story (I'm just told that this phrase--hajeetak majeetak--is what is said before you tell a story, I have no idea what it could mean)
Take us far from this world
I'm about to tell a story
Everyone of us has a story in his heart

Narrate and forget we're adults
In your mind we're young
Tell us about heaven and hell
About the bird that never flew in his life
Help us understand the meaning of the world

Oh storyteller, tell it just as they told you
Don't add anything, don't leave anything out
We could see into your mind
Narrate to make us forget this time
Leave us in the world of once upon a time

سعاد ماسي - راوي

يا راوي حكي حكاية

مادابك تكون رواية
حكي لي على ناس الزمان
حكي لي على ألف ليلة وليلة
وعلى لنجة بنت الغولة
وعلى ولد السلطان
حانجيتك مانجيتك
دنا بعيد من هادي دنيا
حاجيتك ماجيتك
كل واحد منا في قلبه حكاية

حكي وانسى بلي احنا كبار
في بالك رانا صغار
حكي لنا على الجنة حكي لنا على النار
على طير عمره ما طار
فهمنا معانى الدنيا

يا راوي حكي كما حكوا لك
ما تزيد ما نقص من عندك
كاين نشفوا على بالك
حكي لنسينا في هاد زمان
خلينا في كان يا ما كان

Rachid Taha - Everybody Out!رشيد طه - بره برهBarra Barra

"Barra (بره)" means "outside" and therefore "barra barra" means "get out" or "everybody out". This song is about all the problems there are in Algeria, and the reality that you have to get out of the country to escape those things, a sentiment also expressed in Cheb Khaled's "El Harba Wine?" However, you could alternatively understand the song as a message to those who are responsible for the problems.

Of course Rachid Taha like most of the biggest Rai singers has in fact fled Algeria and currently lives in France.

Rachid Taha - Everybody Out! Everybody out! There's sadness, rage and treachery Everybody out! Corruption and jealousy, no longer can anyone be trusted Everybody out! Thirst, the people are forsaken Everybody out! There's no honor, just oppression and slavery

Everybody out! Thankfulness is gone and ugliness is everywhere
Everybody out! The stars have gone out and the sun has gone black
Everybody out! There's no more goodness, happiness or prosperity
Everybody out! There's no more trees and the birds have stopped singing
Everybody out! There's no day or night, only darkness
Everybody out! Hell has taken over, there's no beauty left
Everybody out! The time has passed, there is no honor
Everybody out! There's corruption and war and the blood is running
Everybody out! Only the walls are left standing
Everybody out! There's fear and so everyone is silent

رشيد طه - برا برا

بره بره... الحزن والبغض والزوارة
بره بره... الفسد والحسد ما بقى أمانة
بره بره العطش والناس منحوسين
بره بره... لا حرمة ظلم وعبودية
بره بره... الشكر دان والقبح ران
بره بره... النجوم طفت ظلمت الشمس
بره بره... مابقي خير لا سعاده ولا زهار
بره بره... مابقت شجرة سكتوا لطيور
بره بره... مابقي ليل ولنهار لضلمه
بره بره... الجهنم نما ما بقي الزين
بره بره... كتر الزمان مابقت حرمه
بره بره... الفسد والحرب والدم يسيل
بره بره... الحيطان الحيطان واقفين
بره بره... الخوف فالناس ساكتين

Cheb Khaled - Oran, oh Oranشاب خالد - وهران وهرانWahrane, Wahrane

Updated media and translation

Wahrane is the Arabic name for the city known in English of Oran on the coast of Algeria. It was the birthplace of Rai, however, when an Islamist party took power in Algeria during the mid 90s many of the musicians left the country because the government became hostile towards them. This song was recorded by Khaled after he left, and reflects the nostalgia and longing that many emigrants to France and other countries from North Africa experience, living in what is known in Arabic as el-Ghorba (الغربة) that should be understood as "estrangement," "homesicknees," or "being far away from home and out of place."

There are extra verses in the live performance, which is much more recent than the album version upon which these lyrics are based. However, I don't have the lyrics for these extra verse nor do I understand them.

Cheb Khaled - Wahrane, Wahrane Wahrane, Wahrane you went to hell Those who were smart ran away from you They remain confused in their exile And that exile is hard and traitorous

My happiness is with the children of el Hamri (a district of Oran)
Children of the city and Sidi el Houari (a neighborhood in Oran where Khaled was from)
I spent my youth with them
My art is for them as long as I live

How beautiful are the nights my country
The flutes and drums echo
Oh those who are going to her
Ask them to take care of my country

I'll never forget my countr
My land and the land of my ancestors
I asked my family about the people
Seems they've left their religion and turned to the bottle (litearlly, followed the cup)

A dozen cups on the table
Drank ten of them with no effect
Sorry for the the empty space
Her beauty was a wondrous beauty

Sadness entered in my heart
And so I cry and call out

خالد - وهران وهران

وهران وهران رحتي خساره
هجروا منك ناس شطارى
قعدوا في الغربه حيارى
و الغربه صعيبه و غداره

يا فرحي على اولاد الحمري
اولاد مدينه و سيدي الهواري
عديت معاهم صغري
لهم فني طول عمري

ما احلى صهريات بلادي
القصبه و القلالي صادي
يا اللي ماشين ليها غادي
وصوا يتهلوا في بلادي

عمري ما ننسى بلادي
أرضي و أرض اجدادي
وصيت اهلي على الناس
تركوا دينهم و تبعوا الكاس

يا الزينه بالكاس و المايده
راه عشره بلا فايده
وعدي على الطحطحه وعدي
كان زينها زين الودادي
رجعت غمه في فؤادي
وليت نبكي و ننادي

Souad Massi - My Boyسعاد ماسي - يا وليديYa Wleedy

This song is off of Souad Massi's album entitled "Deb." Big thanks to Mohamed Salah who has provided an interpretation of the song in Egyptian Arabic in his blog, so that I can arrive at a translation.

Souad Massi - My Boy You must get up early, my boy And go run off to school, my boy To become learned and educated, my boy And be better than all the other kids, my boy And as you get older, my boy May your mind remain strong, my boy And may you understand the world, my boy Until you have a strong personality, my boy You must get up, get up, early my boy

May you be proud, my boy
And choose whom you talk to and who you don't, my boy
And anyone that upsets you, stay away from him, my boy
And anyone that upsets you, stay away from him, my boy
May you be able to wreak havoc, my boy
And when things get serious, battle
You must get up, get up, early my boy

سعاد ماسي - يا ولدي

لازم تنوض بكري... ياوليدي
وتروح القراية تجري... ياوليدي
باش تخرج لينا قاري... ياوليدي
وتفوت كامل الدراري... ياوليدي
وبتكبر شوية... ياوليدي
وتولي عندك عقلية... ياوليدي
وتولي تفهم الدنيا... ياوليدي
حتى تولي شخصية...
لازم تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض بكري

تولي علينا تتكبر... ياوليدي
تخير ما عمن تقصر... ياوليدي
واللي قالقك يتغبر... ياوليدي
واللي قالقك يتغبر... ياوليدي
تولي اتهدم واتخرب... ياوليدي
وفي وقت الصح تحارب... ياوليدي
تولي اتهدم واتخرب... ياوليدي
وفي وقت الصح تحارب...
لازم تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض تنوض بكري

Lyrics transcription and Egyptian Arabic explanation from here

Souad Massi – I Don’t Have TimeJ'ai Pas De Temps

Updated media

From the album "Raoui"

Souad Massi – I Don’t Have Time I have been told that life is beautiful But me, I find it cruel sometimes The dark smoke has taken the place of the sky

Chorus
I’ve no more dreams, I’ve no more home
I have no chimney for the fire
I have no era, I have no seasons anymore
I don’t have time for this game
No no no no
I don’t have time for this game


Waiting for the night to cry
Hiding our tears until the evening
Listening to the emptiness whispering to us
Our story until the morning

Chorus

Alone in the desert street
Alone living through the winter
I walk without looking around
I follow my lonely way

Souad Massi - J'ai Pas De Temps

On m'avais dit que la vie est belle
Mais moi je la trouve des fois cruelle
La fumé noir a pris la place du ciel
Les grandes tours ont caché les étoiles

Refrain
J'ai plus de reves ,j'ai plus de maisons
J'ai pas de cheminée pour le feu
J'ai plus d'époque ,j'ai plus de saisons
J'ai pas de temps pour ce jeu
Non,non,non,non
J'ai pas de temps pour ce jeu là
J'ai pas de temps pour ce jeu
J'ai pas de temps pour ce jeu là
J'ai pas de temps pour ce jeu

Attendre la nuit pour pleurer
Cacher ses larmes jusqu'au soir
Ecouter le vide nous murmurer
Jusqu'au matin notre histoire

refrain

Seule dans la rue déserte
Seule traversant l'hiver
Je marche sans tourner le tete
Je suis mon chemin de solitaire

Souad Massi - No One But Youسعاد ماسي - غير انتGhir EntaIl n'y a que toi

Souad Massi - No One But You Think of me Oh you who I love My heart chose you And I don’t know what to do Now you’re by my side But tomorrow, who knows? That’s how the world is Sweet and bitter at the same time

No one but you
No one but you
No one but you has entered my heart
No one but you
No one but you
There's no one but you in my heart

Your love puzzles me
At night I can't sleep
Why do you make me suffer so much ?
Spring does not last forever
And roses wilt in the end
I'm in chaos, I'm in chaos
Think of me

Souad Massi - Il n'y a que toi

Pense 'a moi
Mon bien aim'e
Mon coeur t' a choisi
Et je ne sais plus comment faire
Aujourd'hui tu vis a mes cot'es
Et demain qui sait
C' est ca la vie
Sucr'ee et am'ere 'a la fois
Il n'y a que toi qui habite mon coeur
Il n'y a que toi que j' aime
Ton amour m' intrigue
Et le sommeil m'a quitt'e
Pourquoi me fais-tu tant souffrir?
Le printemps n' est pas 'eternel
Et les roses finissent par faner
Je vis dans le chaos sans toi
Pense 'a moi

From here

سعاد ماسي - غير انت

ديرني في بالك
ياللي بهواك
انا قلبي اختارك قلبي اختارك
وما سبت ادوة
اليوم راك معايا
وغدوة يدرا
دي حوال الدنيا
حوال الدنيا
حلوة و مرة

غير انت غير انت غير انت
اللي دخلت قلبي
غير انت غير انت غير انت
اللي ساكن قلبي

فـ حالي محيرني
ليلي سهرني
وعلاش عمري
حرام يا عمري تعذب فيّ
ربيع مايدوم
كل ورد يدبل
لحالي معدوم
حالي معدوم
ديرني في بالك

غير انت غير انت غير انت
اللي دخلت قلبي
غير انت غير انت غير انت
اللي ساكن قلبي

Thanks to Jonne for the Arabic transcription