Assouf - Tinariwen

NAKID MAHEDJAK YA ASSOUF ERHLALAN

What can I do with this eternal longing

IHANIMANIN DOULHIN ERAKHAN

Which inhabits my soul and my heart in flames

KIK IMIDIWAN INDEK ISSANAN

My friends, who can know

AWA ISSASMADHEN OULH ERAKHAN

What can cool a heart that burns

ATHASSAN ADOUNIA NASSADHAN ITRAN

The world sleeps and I count the stars

SADHANAKHAN SAWADHAKN YOULHIN ERKHAN

I count them and I stoke my burning heart

DIHADH TATHAS ADOUNIA INSAN

When everything lies down and sleeps

AHIDITIS ASSOUF SIMAN IKNAN

And suffuses my heart and my soul