Mali Ana – Bilingual Lyrics Arabic/English

• By: Momo Ryuk, The Wild Child, Youssef Ouhssaine, Cafe De Anatolia

Lyrics & Translation

[Arabic]

[English]

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

La guerre quand je réponds pas

It's war when I don't respond.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

J'entends pas

I can't hear.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

La guerre quand je réponds pas

It's war when I don't respond.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

J'entends pas

I can't hear.

On fait de grandes choses, on essaye un peu de tout.

We do great things, we try a little bit of everything.

Haka

That's it.

On t'éteins, dans ce monde de requins

We shut you down, in this world of sharks.

Faut que je garde de l'empathie

I need to keep my empathy.

Je dis peu on s'énerve, je lance en ferraille

I say little, we get angry, I go for broke.

Ça t'allume d'enfer

That lights you up intensely.

Ça t'allume d'enfer

That lights you up intensely.

Ay yay yay yay yay

Ay yay yay yay yay

Je veux lâcher dans le bein de Taïga

I want to let go in the realm of Taiga.

Et la fia bébé elle est béna

And the girl, baby, she's crazy.

Amri China, s'il faut le faire à la Baïda

My business, China, if we have to do it in Baïda.

Ay yay yay yay yay

Ay yay yay yay yay

Je veux lâcher dans le bein de Taïga

I want to let go in the realm of Taiga.

Et la fia bébé elle est béna

And the girl, baby, she's crazy.

Amri China, s'il faut le faire à la Baïda

My business, China, if we have to do it in Baïda.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

La guerre quand je réponds pas

It's war when I don't respond.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

J'entends pas

I can't hear.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

La guerre quand je réponds pas

It's war when I don't respond.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

J'entends pas

I can't hear.

Elle veut millionnaire

She wants to be a millionaire.

Jamais en colère

Never angry.

C'est comme ça qu'elle gère, tout c'est de me niquer de guerre

That's how she manages, it's all about fiercely messing with me.

Je m'éloigne de ça à l'aise

I move away from that with ease.

Même si je sais que je la perds

Even if I know I'm losing her.

À fond dans le Haram

Deeply into what's forbidden.

J'aimerais me repentir

I would like to repent.

Dans le temps additionnel

In extra time.

Mais je ne peux pas prédire le ciel

But I can't predict the sky.

Il y a les clubs

There are the clubs.

Que des raflés dans les clubs

Only those caught in the raids in the clubs.

J'avance dans le noir, dans le peuple, pleine de vices, plein de peu

I advance in the dark, among the people, full of vices, full of emptiness.

Aucune haine dans le cœur

No hate in my heart.

Je fais le buzz, il y a les clubs

I make a buzz, there are the clubs.

Que des raflés dans les clubs

Only those caught in the raids in the clubs.

J'avance dans le noir, dans le peuple, pleine de vices, plein de peu

I advance in the dark, among the people, full of vices, full of emptiness.

Aucune haine dans le cœur

No hate in my heart.

Je fais le buzz

I make a buzz.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

La guerre quand je réponds pas

It's war when I don't respond.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

J'entends pas

I can't hear.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

La guerre quand je réponds pas

It's war when I don't respond.

Ah mali ana

Oh, what's wrong with me?

J'entends pas

I can't hear.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
guerre /ɡɛʁ/ B1	noun - war, conflict, fight
répondre /ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ/ A2	verb - to answer, to respond
entendre /ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ/ A1	verb - to hear
monde /mɔ̃d/ A1	noun - world, people, everyone
requin /ʁə.kɛ̃/ B1	noun - shark (animal); ruthless person (metaphorical)
empathie /ɑ̃.pa.ti/ B2	noun - empathy
garder /ɡaʁ.de/ A2	verb - to keep, to guard, to look after
lâcher /lɑ.ʃe/ B1	verb - to let go, to release, to drop
colère /kɔ.lɛʁ/ B1	noun - anger, wrath
gérer /ʒe.ʁe/ B1	verb - to manage, to handle, to deal with
perdre /pɛʁdʁ/ A2	verb - to lose, to forfeit
repentir /ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/ C1	verb - to repent, to regret (reflexive: se repentir) noun - repentance, regret
ciel /sjɛl/ A2	noun - sky, heaven
noir /nwaʁ/ A1	adjective - black, dark noun - darkness, blackness
vice /vis/ B2	noun - vice, fault, flaw, bad habit
haine /ɛn/ B2	noun - hatred, hate
cœur /kœʁ/ A1	noun - heart (organ); heart (emotions/center)

Key Grammar Structures

• Faut que je garde de l'empathie

  ➔ "Il faut que" + Subjunctive

  ➔ The impersonal expression "Il faut que" (often shortened to "Faut que" in informal speech) is used to express **obligation or necessity** and is always followed by a verb in the **subjunctive mood**. Here, "garde" is the subjunctive form of "garder" (to keep).

• s'il faut le faire à la Baïda

  ➔ Conditional clause with "si" + Direct object pronoun

  ➔ In the phrase "s'il faut", the conjunction "si" (if) introduces a **conditional clause** followed by the present indicative verb ("faut"), indicating a real or possible condition. "le" is a **direct object pronoun** that replaces the action mentioned, meaning "to do it" or "to make it".

• Je m'éloigne de ça à l'aise

  ➔ Pronominal verb + preposition "de"

  ➔ "s'éloigner de" is a **pronominal verb** (a verb used with a reflexive pronoun like "me, te, se, nous, vous") which means "to move away from" or "to distance oneself from". The reflexive pronoun "m'" (me) corresponds to the subject "Je".

• Même si je sais que je la perds

  ➔ Conjunction "Même si" + Indicative

  ➔ The conjunction "Même si" means "even if" and is used to introduce a **concession or a hypothesis** that is presented as a fact or a highly probable event. It is always followed by a verb in the **indicative mood**.

• J'aimerais me repentir

  ➔ Conditional mood + Pronominal infinitive

  ➔ The verb "aimerais" is in the **conditional mood**, which expresses a wish, a desire, a hypothetical situation, or a polite request. "me repentir" is a **pronominal verb in the infinitive form**, meaning "to repent" or "to regret one's actions".

• Que des raflés dans les clubs

  ➔ Restrictive expression "Que des"

  ➔ The expression "Que des" is an informal shortening of "ne... que des", which means **"only" or "nothing but"**. It serves to **restrict** what is being talked about to just that specific thing or group, implying exclusivity. Here, it means "only people who have been rounded up" (referring to "raflés").

• Aucune haine dans le cœur

  ➔ Indefinite adjective/pronoun "Aucun(e)"

  ➔ "Aucune" is an **indefinite adjective** (or pronoun) that means **"no" or "not any"**. It is used to express total negation or absence and must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies (here, "haine" is feminine, so "aucune").

• On fait de grandes choses, on essaye un peu de tout.

  ➔ Impersonal pronoun "On" and Partitive articles/expressions

  ➔ "On" is an **impersonal pronoun** commonly used in informal French to mean "we," "people in general," "one," or sometimes even "I" or "you." "de grandes choses" demonstrates the use of **"de" before a plural adjective** that precedes the noun. "un peu de tout" is an expression using **"de" after a quantity** ("un peu") to mean "a little bit of everything".