Rap 1

IntroSlow, deep solo guembri bassline pattern in 7/4 rhythm

Verse 1, Single Male Vocalist, 90 BPM

Footsteps on the mountain, following a cloud,

A shepherd leads his goats through valleys proud.

Wild jujube burning, the bendir by the fire,

We took but what the earth gave, no dollar, no desire.

Verse 2, Female Vocal Shift

Ar talsn imzwura xf Tarir g tullisin n zman,

Tga buɛɛu g tmucuha nna nssn lliɣ g nga imẓẓann.

Pre-Chorus, Silence

Ur tsskir aḍrwi, ur tgi uccen iggarn aɣuyyi,

Drop, Heavy Gnawa Trance Explosion

Tlsad iqucan n wuzzal ad tsu isaffen n dunit.

Trrus xf udrar, ur tlli rreḥmt g ul nns ismiḍn,

Ar ttegga aman d irkan, ar ttegga akal d izwutn.

Aynna xf zdɣn imzwura, ula rrḥmt n ignwan,

Iblaɛt uɛddis n ccarika.

Chorus, Explosive Call-and-Response Chant

Wa yayt Imider! Aman rran ddehb gan imzwura,

Ibrdan n wakal xf ntmuddu, nttni ayḥḍan amzruy nneɣ.

Dɣi Tarir tgga aḍar ns f iẓṛan nnegh, ar tssumum aman ula iman,

Maca iman n iɣrman ur tzmir ad tn tseɣ ccarika.

Bridge, Vocal Build

Mdden gan iɛssasn n uzrg n waman,

Imnɣi ur ismar, xs istn smuttin.

Adrar ur ittu izlan,

Afgan ur ittu izrfan,

Amzruy att nals i tsuta diddan.

Chorus, Explosive Call-and-Response Chant

Wa yayt Imider! Aman rran ddehb gan imzwura,

Ibrdan n wakal xf ntmuddu, nttni ayḥḍan amzruy nneɣ.

Dɣi Tarir tgga aḍar ns f iẓṛan nneɣ, ar tssumum aman ula iman,

Maca iman n iɣrman ur tzmir ad tn tsɣ ccarika.

Outro, Spoken Word

The trucks still roll at midnight...

But the mountain remembers the dreams.

The well runs dry...

Maca aɣuyyi nnɣ ila iyldaaan.

Fade Out

End