Translation of the song Chet Boghassa artist Tinariwen

War t’islenet chet Boghassa

The girls in Boghassa will never know

Is n’idja daraba iyet n’igla

That we fled since the first attack.

Awen meden s’otoy-ajab’ha

And now these men

Fal tanihadghar t’igla

Were entrusted by the front with a task:

Is n’ataf tan in kadiya

They must prove that they are brave.

At-atarmas sis boufoulka

We liberate our village with old rifles

Har tibsar d’alghaj’ra

and with knives or stones

Megh namat ghar n’imda

otherwise we'll all die together.

Ed-ikteghid anmang idjan

And when I then think of how we fought

Idja satghas wart hen aman

without water at dawn

Ad’iktôgh sin l’irijal

I remember that our men were brave.

War he t’islenet chet Boghassa

The girls in Boghassa will never know

Is n’idja daraba iyet n’igla

That we fled since the first attack.