Cheikh Sidi Bemol Amghar

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Cheikh Sidi Bemol Amghar
The old man
Translation Aric Wizenberg
Snow is covering even the valley;
The old woman is going to gather up some wood
In order to warm up her old man.
In the bed he awaits;
Time has come,
He's going to pass on soon.

Worries gnaw at her, dry her eyes;
Her hands are numbed with cold;
With difficulty she ties up her bundle of firewood.
The old man, in the bed, awaits;
Time has come,
He's going to pass on soon.

A bird of ill omen shouts to the woman:
"No need for this wood, you're husband is dead"
"Get lost, hawk!
The old man, in the bed, awaits;
Time has come,
He's going to pass on soon."

She hurried on, thinking to the past years
She lived alone, when long ago he emigrated,
"Satan! I wish God would curse you!
The old man, in the bed, awaits;
Time has come,
He's going to pass on soon."

At home she finally arrives, a storm breaks
She says: "God will it never end!"
Wind carries along her words;
The old man, in the bed, awaits;
Time has come,
He's going to pass on soon.