Text: Souad Massi. Raoui (The Storyteller).

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A'Hki ya raoui 'Hki 'Hkaya
madabik tkoun riwaya
'Hkili Ala nass zman

'HKili Ala alef lila w'lila
wa Ala loundja bent el ghoula
wa Ala wlid es'soltane

'Hadjitek madjitek
Eddina bAid m'had eddenya
'Hadjitek madjitek
Koul wa'Hed mena f'Qalbou 'Hkaya
Koul wa'Hed mena f'Qalbou 'Hkaya

A'Hki we'nssa beli 'Hna kbar
Fi balek kelli 'Hna sghar
Ou namnou koul 'Hkaya

'Hkina A'l djenna 'Hkina Ala nar
wa Ala ettir elli Aomrou ma tar
Fahemna maAna eddenia

'Hadjitek madjitek
Eddina bAid m'had eddenya
'Hadjitek madjitek
Koul wa'Hed mena f'Qalbou 'Hkaya
Koul wa'Hed mena f'Qalbou 'Hkaya

a'Hki ya raoui kima 'Hkawlek
ma tzid ma t'nakass men Aandek
ki nachfa wa Ala balek

a'Hki w'nessina man had ezzmen
Khalina fi kan ya ma kan
fi kan ya ma kan

'Hadjitek madjitek
Eddina bAid m'had eddenya
'Hadjitek madjitek
Koul wa'Hed mena f'Qalbou 'Hkaya
Koul wa'Hed mena f'Qalbou 'Hkaya

Souad Massi - Storyteller

Oh storyteller tell us a story
Make it a tale
Tell me about the people of old
Tell me about 1001 Nights
And about Lunja daughter of the Ghoul
And about the son of the Sultan

I'm about to tell a story
We'll be far from this world
I'm about to tell a story
Everyone of us has a story in his heart

Narrate and forget we're adults
In your mind we're young
Tell us about heaven and hell
About the bird that never flew in his life
Make us understand the meaning of the world

Oh storyteller tell it just as they told you
Don't add anything, don't leave anything out
We could see into your mind
Narrate to make us forget this time
Leave us at once upon a time