Translation of the song Imidiwan ma tennam artist Tinariwen

Imidiwan ma tennam dagh awa dagh enha semmen?

What have you got to say, my friends, about this painful time we’re living through?

Tenere den tas-tennam enta dagh wam toyyam teglam

You’ve left this desert where you say you were born, you’ve gone and abandoned it

Aqqalanagh aljihalat tamattem dagh illa assahat

We live in ignorance and it holds all the power

Tenere den tossamat lat medden eha sahat

The desert is jealous and its men are strong

Aksan kallan s tandallat taqqal enta tisharat

While it’s drying up, green lands exist elsewhere

Aqqalanagh aljihalat tamattem dagh assahat

We live in ignorance and it holds all the power