Asuf n'Ténéré (Spirit of the Desert)

Title: Asuf n'Ténéré (Spirit of the Desert)

Azul... Azul...

Ténéré... Akal n Imuhagh...

(The Desert... Land of the Tuareg...)

The wind knows every ancient road,

The dunes remember every name.

The stars become our guiding fire,

The desert never fades away.

Our hearts are carried by the breeze,

Our voices travel with the sand.

Freedom lives in every journey,

Across the endless Ténéré.

Akal nnegh... iman nnegh...

(Our land... our life...)

The guitar sings beneath the stars,

Our spirits rise as one.

Azul! Azul!

Imuhagh, akal nnegh!

(Tuareg people, our land!)

Ténéré, adrar, aman,

(Desert, mountains, water,)

Tudert, talwit, tayri!

(Life, peace, love!)

Azul! Azul!

The desert calls our names,

Forever we walk together,

Beneath the Saharan sky.

Campfires glow through the silent night,

The old songs never disappear.

The rhythm of the tende lives on,

Carried by every generation.

Mohammed Zahraddeen,

Your voice rides with the desert wind.

May peace reach every village,

From dawn until the stars return.

Azul aytma,

(Hello, my brothers.)

Akal nnegh d iman nnegh,

(Our land is our life.)

Ténéré ad isawal,

(The desert is speaking.)

Talwit i meddan, tudert i kul.

(Peace for the people, life for everyone.)

Azul! Azul!

Imuhagh, akal nnegh!

Tudert! Talwit! Tayri!

(Life! Peace! Love!)

The wind remembers our voices,

The desert remembers our songs.

Together we remain forever,

Children of the Ténéré.

Azul... Azul...

Ténéré ur itettu ara.

(The desert never forgets.)

Written & Performed by Mohammed Zahraddeen