Sastanàqqàm [English translation]

Ténéré 1,can you tell me

of anything better

Than to have your friends

and your mount,

And a brand new goatskin,

watertight,

To find your way

by the light

Of the four bright stars

of heaven,

To know how

to find water in

The unlikeliest of places,

And enlist the momentum

of the wind

To help you move forward.

Tell me, Ténéré,

how you and I

Can remain united,

with no hate for each other.

Ténéré, I can now admit that

I have travelled far through this wide world.

Ténéré, I give you my oath

That as long as I’m alive,

I will always come back to you.

1. Ténéré means desert in Tuareg

• Artist:Tinariwen
• Album:Elwan