Tinariwen Cler Achel

JKLERH ACHEL UDWER EHADH
I spent the day and still the following night,

JKLERH ACHEL UDWER EHADH
I spent the day and still the following night,

LERH AZAMAN IGLAERH
I spent a whole day travelling

LERH AZAMAN IGLAERH
I spent a whole day travelling

TIGILA MELA TIGILAT HAR TAKANARH AM NOUNOU
You've gone Mila you've already gone and I've plunged deeper into my dreams

ANIZDJOUM DJERH ATAT DIKTOH IHAL FALAS OULHIN
Whatever my thoughts, she occupies them all and my heart cries out still.

Chorus
KAY EBEDHOUN DE AMARHANAK ERHIK TARHET
It's a time that separates the beloved from those they love

WARHAK DAKHIM SEL INIZDJAM ED TID TEKTED
And when you think of them, painful obsessive thoughts are all that come.