Check out the English Translation for Bu Kolthoum’s new single titled “Alli Jara”. This song is a powerful meditation on the themes of betrayal, endurance, and the complex emotions of surviving exploitation. Read the lyrics below.
Alli Jara Lyrics In English Translation
They’ve Carved Streets Into My Back
And Feasted On My Flesh Like A Delicacy
Yet I Come With Intentions To Plant Seeds
And I Accept It
They Carved Streets Behind My Back
And Feasted On My Flesh Like A Delicacy
Whoever Wants To Shake My Hand Rushes To Do So
And I Laugh…
He Is Illuminated While She Is In Darkness
And His Eyes Are Blinded By My Light
I No Longer Appease Them
So Now My Enemy Is Clear
Some Have Known Me For Only Two Days
And Some Are From Me And Within Me
I Forgive Because I Understand
But I Cut Off Those With Ill Intentions
Oh Lord, Grant Me Patience
You Who Have Breathed Your Soul Into Me
Let Me See With Your Eyes, For My Own Are Filled With Darkness
The Men Around Me, Each One Worth A Hundred
They Only Saw My Teeth When The Worst Struck
They’ve Carved Streets Into My Back
And Feasted On My Flesh Like A Delicacy
Yet I Come With Intentions To Plant Seeds
And I Accept It
They Carved Streets Behind My Back
And Feasted On My Flesh Like A Delicacy
Whoever Wants To Shake My Hand Rushes To Do So
And I Laugh…
My Skin Is Neither Tough Nor Weak
None Of Them Were There When The Trench Devoured Me
I Patched My Collage Between Homeland And Exile
I Stay Up Late, Confide, And It’s Still The Same Suitcase
I Don’t Need Your Flowers, I Read Your Eyes
Your Movements Speak, You Can’t Hide Your Words
I See, But I Accumulate By The Kilo
They’ve Become A Ton, And I’ve Nourished Them With Their Own Fat
