Iceqqeq ifsex igenni
Lehwa tessared aẓekka
Yal targa tremmeg a tneggi
A ttseggixent tɣuza
Ddew tmedlin teffeɣ-d teɣri
Tesṛarṛeḥ abbuh a tarwa A Kenza a yelli
Ṣbeṛ as i lmeḥna
D isflan neɣli
F Ldzayer uzekka
A Kenza a yelli
Ur ttru yara Xas terka lǧessa tefsi
Tikti ur tettmettat ara
Xas fellaɣ qesḥet tizi
I facal a d naǧǧew ddwa
Xas neqḍen acḥal d itri
Igenni ur inegger ara A Kenza a yelli
Ur ttru yara
Sebba f neɣli
D Lzzayer uzekka
A Kenza a yelli
Ur ttru yara Fran-tt fellaɣ zikenni
Uqbel a d yeḥdeṛ wass a
Iṣeggaden n tmusni
F tmurt ɣeḍlen d rrehba
Nnɣan Racid Tigziri
Smaɛil ur t-zgilen ara
Nnɣan Lyabes d Flisi
Busebsi d wiyaḍ meṛṛa A Kenza a yelli
Ṣbeṛ as i lmeḥna
D isflan neɣli
F Lzzayer uzekka
A Kenza a yelli
Ur ttru yara Xeṛsum d yiwen a d yegwri
Ad aɣ i d ismekti azekka
F lǧerḥ iqceṛ a d yali
A d-nban ger tmura
Tarwa nneɣ a d-tennerni
Xas akken g-wrebbi n tlufa A Kenza a yelli
Ur ttru yara
D isflan neɣli
F Ldzayer uzekka
A Kenza a yelli
Ur ttru yara Matoub Lounes Lounes Matoub was gunned down on June 25, 1998. He just released his last album“Tabratt i leḥkem” (Letter to the government). It was aledged that thekilling was ordered by the Armed Islamic Group, but most Amazigh people inAlgeria believe the government is behind the killing.** Kenza is the oldestdaughter of Tahar Djaout who was killed by Muslim fundamentalists in 1993.Rachid Tigziri (Berber activist), Smail Yefsah (Berber TV journalist), LaadiFlici (medical doctor and well known poet and playwright), Djillali Liabes(sociologist and former minister of higher education), and Prof. MahfoudBoucebsi (psychiatrist, who was also involved in the care of abandoned childrenand unwed mothers) are among the intellectuals who have fallen victim to theviolence in Algeria 
| The sky is heavy and has fissured
Rain has washed the tomb
Turbulent waters are pouring out
Creating new water paths
From the tomb, a striking call came
To warn the people Oh Kenza** my daughter
Do not weep
We have been sacrificed
For a new Algeria
Kenza, Oh my daughter
Do not weep Even if the body wilts
The idea lives
Even if the times are hard
We will overcome weariness
Even if they shoot many stars,
The sky will never be stripped of all of its stars Oh Kenza my daughter
Endure life's burden
We have been sacrificed
For a new Algeria
Kenza, Oh my daughter
Do not weep They have decided on our fate
Well before today
The hunters of intelligence
Who have turned the country into a death zone
They have killed Rashid Tigziri
And did not miss Smail
They have killed Liabes and Flici
Boucebsi and many others Oh Kenza my daughter
Endure life's burden
We have been sacrificed
For a new Algeria
Kenza, Oh my daughter
Do not weep At least one of us will survive
He will be our memory tomorrow
The wounds will heal
Our country will be peaceful again
Our children will grow
Even amidst the violence and pain Oh Kenza my daughter
Do not weep
We have been sacrificed
For a new Algeria
Kenza, Oh my daughter
Do not weep |