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Allow me to sift awal
And pick up tiguriwin
To give you atig
Your beauty is an irwan
From the great mother, Aphrodite.
You are tisit
That reflects the face agrram.
Your eyes are islmammayn.
Your hair is izenzaren.
Of the sun tamqrant.
Your lips are the leaves of flilo
Your teeth are taqqayin.
Your tongue iHuch
On behalf of your ul.
Your voice is tamawayt.
Your neck is turtit.
Full of tamemt.
Your chest is abrid
that leads to aghbalu
Where I would like uddum.
Translation of Amazigh words:
- awal (language/talk)
- tiguriwin (words)
- atig (value)
- irwan (gift)
- Aphrodite (Goddess of beauty and love)
- tisit (Mirror)
- agrram (sacred)
- islmammayn (bright jewlery)
- izenzaren (rays)
- tamqrant (big)
- flilo (poppies)
- taqqayin (pearls)
- iHush (to dance)
- ul (heart)
- tamawayt (a type of female songs in the Atlas Mountains)
- turtit (garden)
- tamimt (sweetness)
- abrid (road)
- aghbalu (water-spring)
- uddum (drowning)
Shamai Mar 2019
Cleaning, scrubbing, putting things away
Have to get things clean before end of day
Flushing and washing and folding things up
Have to get food ready before time for sup
Washing the walls and folding the clothes
Have to finish before I start to doze
Hanging and watering and putting things right
Keeping to a schedule and holding it tight
Before you know it, the time will come
The trumpets will blast, and the drum will just drum
And I have to be finished, I’m all in a tisit
Because my mother is coming and staying for a visit

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