CHOUFOU MALI – Bilingual Lyrics Arabic/English

• By: DJ Hamida, Leyna Kayz
• Album: This is Summer part.1

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Maghrebi Arabic and Raï music through 'CHOUFOU MALI'. This song is a perfect gateway for learners to experience the rhythmic flow of Algerian dialect and the festive energy of North African party music.

[English]

Look at what has happened to me, look at my state and tell God

[Music] Tell God

Habsh

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

Ah

[Music]

Be quiet

>> Look at what has happened to me, apart from all the people [Music]

>> Oh, tell God, tell God, may He grant me peace

>> And look at what has happened to me, apart from the people [Singing]

>> Oh, tell God, tell God, at the door

>> [Music]

>> Ah

Ah ah

[Music]

Look at what has happened to me [Music] apart from the people

The people

>> Oh, tell God, tell [Singing] God

[Music] Look at what has happened to me, apart from

The people

Oh, tell God, tell God, may He grant me peace

>> And say, bring back the water, bring back the water and there is nothing [Music]

There is nothing, there is nothing, oh tell me, where did the people go?

And say

Say and [Music] there is nothing, there is nothing, oh tell me

The water [Singing]

The people are gone, when the people were here, you brought water, you didn't

Bring it back

There is nothing, there is nothing, oh tell me about the water

>> [Music]

[Music]

>> Look at what has happened to me, look at the state of the people, oh

Tell God, tell God, it's lonely, and look at what has happened to me

My state [Music] apart from the people, tell

The people

>> Oh, tell God, tell

Calm

Yeah. [Music]

[Arabic]

شوفوا مالي مال الحال الناس وقولوا

[موسيقى] لله قولوا

حبش

[موسيقى]

[موسيقى]

[موسيقى]

اه

[موسيقى]

سكت

>> واشوف مالي منهال من دون الناس [موسيقى]

>> يا قولوا لله قولوا لله هاني البس

>> واشوفوا مال المهل من الناس [غناء]

>> يا قولوا لله قولوا لله الباب

>> [موسيقى]

>> اه

اه اه

[موسيقى]

واشوفه مالي مال الحال [موسيقى] د الناسد

الناس

>> يا قولوا لله قولوا [غناء] لله

[موسيقى] واشوف مالي ما الحال من دون

الناس

يا قولوا لله قولوا لله يهني الباس

>> وقولوا المي عودوا المي وماكين [موسيقى]

بس ماكين بس يا قولوا منين مات الناس

واقولوا

قول وما [موسيقى] بس ما كاين بس يا قولوا

المي [غناء]

مات الناس بس وقت الناس درت مي ما درتوا

عودوا

ما كاين بس ما كاين بس يا قولوا لميك

>> [موسيقى]

[موسيقى]

>> شوفوا مال المال من طول الناس طول يا

قولوا لله قولوا لله عانس ا واشوفوا مالي

مال [موسيقى] الحال من دون الناس قول

الناس

>> يا قولوا لله قولوا

هان

‏Yeah. [موسيقى]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
حال /ħaːl/ A2	noun - state, condition, situation
ناس /naːs/ A1	noun - people
باب /baːb/ A1	noun - door, gate
عود /ʕuːd/ B1	noun - oud (musical instrument) / return
مات /maːt/ A2	verb - to die
درت /dart/ B1	verb - to do, to make (Maghrebi dialect)