Paroles et traduction Rachid Taha - Menfi

Menfi

REFRAIN: Goulou lemmi ma tebkich ya el menfi Weldak rebbi ma ikhelich ya el menfi
Aw ya dakhal fi wast bibane ya el menfi Aw sabaa fih el gadaane ya el menfi (bis) Aw galouli kachi doukhane ya el menfi Wana fi wasthoum dehchane ya el menfi
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Aw ki dawni le tribunal ya el menfi Djadarmiya kbar wa sghar ya el menfi (bis) Aw sensla tewzen qantar ya el menfi Aw derbouni baam wa n'har ya el menfi
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Aala dekhla haffouli ras ya el menfi Aw aatawni zoura w paillasse ya el menfi (bis) Aw grifounia maaya aassas ya el menfi Aala t'mania tesmaa soulas ya el menfi
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Aw ya guelbi wach dak tif ya el menfi Aw soupa daymane kif-kif ya el menfi Aw el gamila maamra ba el ma ya el menfi Aw gralou ionm fiha ya el menfi

Exile

CHORUS: They tell me not to cry, oh exile, my son will not perish, oh exile
Oh, I'm either behind bars, oh exile, or they're torturing me at dawn, oh exile (twice), or they tell me I'm like smoke, oh exile, and I'm choking in their midst, oh exile
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Oh, when they took me to court, oh exile, the police were everywhere, oh exile (twice), Oh, they weighed me down with a hundred pounds, oh exile, oh, they beat me day and night, oh exile
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Oh, when I entered, they shaved my head, oh exile, or they gave me a blanket and a mattress, oh exile (twice), oh, they tied me up with chains, oh exile, for eight hours they interrogated me, oh exile
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Oh, my heart, what are you suffering, oh exile, oh, the same old soup day after day, oh exile, oh, the beautiful one lives by the water, oh exile, oh, they said she sleeps there, oh exile