Rachid Taha, Ya Rayah
I’ve always liked Rachid Taha’s Ya Rayah. This live version isn’t as tight as the one on his CD but it is spirited and delightful just the same. The lyrics go something like this:
Oh departing Traveler, where are you heading?
Your journey is bound to failure
How many travelers before you
Have sought the path with similar results?How many cities and deserts have I roamed?
How much time have I wasted
Touring from one place to another?Oh lost one, no matter how much you run away
Your destiny will end in exhaustion
Time has passed you by
And you have yet to notice it.
There a several Rachid Taha links at Exploding Aardvark.
