Ya Rayah

Goran Bregovic - So Nevo Si (Erkekler, Ya Rayah)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgKxZ-HSvi8

The Eclectic Genius of Goran Bregovic
Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra -- The Debut in the USA.
July 10, 2006
Millennium Park
Chicago, IL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlK--2Z1JT0

Ya rayah by Dahmane El Harrachi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0L57HJkm4
http://www.belarbi.org/poetry/arabic/Ya_Rayah.html

And I have a translation of lyrics to Rachid Taha's "Ya Rayah".

Oh departing Traveler, where are you heading?
Your journey is bound to failure
How many travelers before you
Have sought the path with similar results?

How many cities and deserts have I roamed?
How much time have I wasted
Touring from one place to another?

Oh lost one, no matter how much you run away
Your destiny will end in exhaustion
Time has passed you by
And you have yet to notice it.



Rachid Taha - Oh Emigrant

Oh where are you going?
Eventually you must come back
How many ignorant people have regretted this
Before you and me

How many overpopulated countries and empty lands have you seen?
How much time have you wasted?
How much have you yet to lose?
Oh emigrant in the country of others
Do you even know what's going on?
Destiny and time follow their course but you ignore it

Why is your heart so sad?
And why are you staying there miserable?
Hardship will end and you no longer learn or build anything
The days don't last, just as your youth and mine didn't
Oh poor fellow who missed his chance just as I missed mine

Oh traveler, I give you a piece of advice to follow right away
See what is in your interest before you sell or buy
Oh sleeper, your news reached me
And what happened to you happened to me
Thus, the heart returns to its creator, the Highest (God)