http://KEXP.ORG presents Mdou Moctar performs live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 25, 2018.Songs:Tada DouniaWiwasharnineTarhatazedKamane TarhaninHost: DJ R...
Where elephants fight each other
Crushing tender grass under foot.
The gazelles have found refuge high in the mountains
The birds no longer return to their nests at night
The camps have all fled.
You can read the bitterness on the faces of the innocents
During this difficult and bruising time
In which all solidarity has gone.
The strongest impose their will
And leave the weakest behind
Many have died battling for twisted ends.
And joy has abandoned us
Exhausted by all this duplicity.
Bombino
Tinariwen
What has become of the Ténéré
The Ténéré* has become an upland of thorns
Where elephants fight each other Crushing tender grass under foot.
The gazelles have found refuge high in the mountains The birds no longer return to their nests at night The camps have all fled.
You can read the bitterness on the faces of the innocents During this difficult and bruising time In which all solidarity has gone.
The strongest impose their will And leave the weakest behind Many have died battling for twisted ends. And joy has abandoned us Exhausted by all this duplicity.