Gueragui / Kelmet Watan by Selamnesh & Dina El Wedidi

Garrib Ley by Alsarah

Bi Wele Wele by Steven Sogo

Jinja

Biwelewele

Marigarita

Tenseo

Dil Mahbuby

Omwiga

Uruzi Nil

Ya Abai Wuha

Inganji

Allah Baqy

Mulungi Munange

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

01 Shagwab

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:

- عربي

شوفتوا الحبايب قالوا السلام
قالوا السلام .. ردوا السلام

أصل وحضارة .. طيبة وايمان
قولوا السلام .. ردوا السلام

شوفتوا الحبايب قالوا السلام

أهل النيل اتلموا .. أهل النيل اتلموا


من ضل النخيل لفوق السحاب
برمي السلام .. ردوا السلام

أهل النيل اتلموا .. أهل النيل اتلموا

يا يما قولي السلام x4

أصل وحضارة شامل ايمان

قولوا السلام .. ردوا السلام

أصل وحضارة كامل تمام

قولوا السلام .. ردوا السلام

أهل النيل اتلموا .. أهل النيل اتلموا x4

-English

Salaam Nubia (Alsarah)

Who besides you could've gathered the people
We rise to the heights,  come down to the gravel
Come closer to me beloved, come closer to me
Bring your people's goodness,
enrich me
Come closer to me beloved, come closer to me
Break down your barriers,
rise to me
Who besides you could've gathered the people
We rise to the heights, come down to the gravel


02 Salaam Nubia

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:

- عربي

عم يا جمّال و يا ليلة
سيدي يا جمّال و يا ليلة
يا سايقين البل و الجمّال و يا ليلة
قلبي أنا ميال
على أهل أوغندا واديّنا يا ليلة
لبلاد الكرم وادينا يا ليلة
دي الخضرة و الله حلوة في أراضيها
يا أمي انا ميال
و إن كنت مسافر إثيوبيا يا ليلة
أبداً ما تحسش بالغربة يا ليلة
دي مزيكتها بتنافس مزيكة زوربا
يالله أمي انا ميال
و يا سلمى سلّمي و ع الله تسلمي
ما تصلوا ع النبي ما تصلوا ع النبي

- English

Ami ya Gamal 

Uncle who drives camels (ya lila)
Sir who drives camels (ya lila)
Hey people they drive all the camels
My heart fall in love
Uncle who drives camels
Drive us to people of Uganda (ya lila)
To the country of generosity drive us (ya lila)
I swear a gad the green is so beautiful in them land
My mother I fall in love
And if you will travel to Ethiopia (ya lila)
You will never feel you are strange (ya lila)
I love their music more than Zorba music
Salma say hi, i pray to be saved
Hey everybody pray for our prophet


03 Ami ya Gamal

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:

Tezeta (Amharic)

Tizitash zeweter wedene
eyemeta, efoy yemilibet
hiwote gize ata
yitizitan daget
wetahugn tekeze beje mianminun 
belibe anchin yeze
endalangoragur
meye tegezech x 2


Tadia endet yaschilegn
tizitan semeche x 2

sitebey abeyew 
sitetich atechiew
lebe kanchi gar new
endatasrebiw 
anchi akurafi honesh
ene hodebasha
beqa teleyayen eske
mechersha

ney ney 
gofere, ney ney
shuruba
yeberet alga
yareyeregal
yesew newshina
ena min yideregal

- English

Tezeta 

Your memories keep coming to me
I can’t find a moment to find rest
I climbed the mountain of memories in solitude
carrying randomness in my hands
and you in my heart

The melody of Tezeta makes 
me sing melodic
when you drink and eat
feed my heart too because
it always reside with you

You are easy to pout
I am easy to be anxious
Now it has made a wall between us

04 Tezeta

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Zegiewh (Meklit)

There is a quiet between us
it stretches, stretches, stretches for miles. 
Talk to me
I miss your codes, your language
I want to sit at your kitchen table when you cook
And make all those good things with your hands

Kezyam anten ageniewh 
Que adisu ina que arogiewh menged mekakel
Mintaf keza fu sir tenetfo kenoon ina, ina, ina
Zegiewh, zegiewh, zegiew

Translation:
Then I see you in the place where the old road and the new road meet
And we lay the blankets under the trees
and time it slows, slows, slows

Dont let that quiet return
I will fight it like a beast in the wild
Build a boat, sail it to where you are also waiting for me

There is a country that lives outside of time
It can only be reached by lovers, poets, outsiders
Who never know, never know, never know if they will be let in

Kezyam anten ageniewh 
Que adisu ina que arogiewh menged mekakel
Mintaf keza fu sir tenetfo kenoon ina, ina, ina
Zegiewh, zegiewh, zegiew

Translation:
Then I see you in the place where the old road and the new road meet
And we lay the blankets under the trees
and time it slows, slows, slows


05 Zegiewh

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:
Omha (Ahmed Said)


لاتاتي ايها اليوم الذي يفرقنا عن بعض،
اخاف الوداع الذي لايكون بعده لقاء.
كيف يكون علاج الشوق ،،
لماذا يجرح (Armband ) جسدها الناعم ،،،،
،why do these armbands cut her  soft skin

06 Omha

07 Aysh

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:

- Arabic
ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت فين يانيل
يارب يارب انا صبرى قليل انا صبرى قليل انا صبرى قليل
ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت فين يانيل
تفتكر ايام لما كنا انا وانت بنلعب علي شط النيل تفتكر
تفتكر ايام لما كنا انا وانت بنلعب علي شط النيل تفتكر
ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت فين يانيل
تفتكر ايام ما كنا نقعد علي شط النيل
وتحت النخيل وارمي همومي عليك يانيل
تفتكر ايام ما كنا نقعد علي شط النيل
وتحت النخيل وارمي همومي عليك يانيل
ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت فين يانيل
ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت اللى بعتني ولا انا اللى بعتك
ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت اللى بعتني ولا انا اللى بعتك
ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت فين يانيل
انا ياما كنت بجري عليك فى كل همومي
ياما وياما دورت عليك
حتي الناس بيسألوني فين النيل اللى احنا نعرفوا
النيل راح فين راح النيل ياخسارة يانيل
ياخسارة يانيل ياخسارة يانيل ياتره انت فين يانيل
يارب يارب انا صبرى قليل انا صبرى قليل انا صبرى قليل

08 Neel

09 St. Yared of Axum

10 Kulina Wahed

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:

-English
Sematimba ne Kikwabanga (Lawrence Okello)

1
The chicks of the chicken grow in the banana fibres (?)
and it’s God who helps them by chance (luck) x2

2
And those rearing goats on ropes you are coasting time
let me tell you and I am not lying to you x2

3
And if you are to hate me you are wasting time 
that’s the truth and you will end up hating your own children 
you produced x2

Explanation: 
“The relic is about God is everything 
and the example is the little chicks of the chicken that grow by God’s wish or else they can protect themselves, and with God those who rear them who knows wild animals can eat them or disease, thieves take them and its true I tell you the truth, if you hate me because of that, you will even hate your own children you produced”

-Luganda

Ssematimba (Lawrence)

1
Obwana bwenkoko bukulira mussanjja
katonda nabukuuma x 2

2
Abusiba embuzzi musibira bwerere
aa sibalimba x 2

3
Bwobanga Onkyaye olikyawa na abaana
abo be wazaala x 2 

Chorus:
Kikwabanga

11 Sematimba ne Kikwabanga

12 Takasim Oud

In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the morning, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoon, they played musical chairs in duos, trios, and quartets. On the 5th day, they played their songs for one another. The puzzle was all there. But it was time to organize the pieces into one seamless tapestry to perform in Aswan and in Cairo 4 days later. This recording showcases the result of this rich encounter.

Lyrics:

-Arabic

يا جنوبي .. يا جنوبي
يا جنوبي .. يا جنوبي

لو كان داخلنا اتغسل بالراحة مش بالريح
لو كنا حوشنا العسل قبل العسل مايسيح
لو كانوا سابوا الحاجات تصبح حاجات بصحيح

يا جنوبي .. يا جنوبي

لو كان داخلنا اتغسل بالراحة مش بالريح
لو كنا حوشنا العسل قبل العسل مايسيح
لو كانوا سابوا الحاجات تصبح حاجات بصحيح

جايز ماكنش القلق يملى العيون والقلوب
جايز ماكنش الوجع عشش نواحي الجنوب

يا جنوبي .. يا جنوبي

يا ليلي يا عيني .. يا ليلي يا ليل
حبيبتي أرضي سألتك والكف صارت يده
إزاي نلم الوجع ونخف حزن الجنوب

لو كانوا سابوا العيال تخلي الثمار من الخوف
كنا اهتدينا يا خال وفهمنا بالمعروف
وعرفنا من الأهوال إزاي نبطل هروب
وإزاي نلم الوجع ونخف حزن الجنوب

يا جنوبي .. يا جنوبي


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