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Lyrics: Dschafaa

Produced with: Suno (AI-generated music & vocals based on the original text)

This track was created in collaboration with generative AI. Text, concept, and the choice of version are by Dschafaa; Suno generates the sonic realisation and voice from the submitted material. INT versions intentionally carry what is spoken in the German and English originals into another language, without aiming at literal translation.

Lyrics

حربٌ في ذهني.
العدمُ ينتفض.
صلواتٌ قيلت،
دائمًا بلا جواب.
النومُ ملجأ.
العملُ فقط.
السطحُ أملس.
العينان مستقيمتان.

ḥarb-un fī zih-nī
al-ʿa-dam-u yan-ta-fiḍ
ṣa-la-wā-tun qī-lat
dā-i-man bi-lā ja-wāb
an-naw-mu mal-jaʾ
al-ʿa-mal fa-qaṭ
as-saṭ-ḥu am-las
al-ʿay-nān mus-ta-qī-ma-tān

War in my mind.
A nothing rears up.
Prayers, unheard.
Sleep as refuge.
Functioning.
Surface smooth.
Eyes straight.

Gedankenkrieg.
Ein Nichts bäumt sich.
Gebete gesprochen,
stets unerhört.
Schlafes-Heil.
Funktionieren.
Oberfläche glatt.
Augen gerade.

مقاومةُ العبث.
مقاومةُ المقاومة.
حبٌّ للجميع،
إلّا أنا.
التنفّس بعد ذلك.

mu-qā-wa-ma-tul ʿa-bath
mu-qā-wa-ma-tul mu-qā-wa-ma
ḥubb-un lil-ja-mīʿ
il-lā a-nā
at-ta-naf-fus baʿ-da dhā-lik

Straining against meaningless.
Straining against the strain.
Love for all,
except me.
Breathing after that.

Sträuben gegen Sinnlos.
Sträuben gegen Sträuben.
Liebe für jeden,
außer für mich.
Atmen danach.

بلا معنى، تحت ضغط.
لِماذا؟
حرّ — أن أكون.
حلمٌ.
إيمانٌ بما بعد،
مفروضٌ بالقوّة.
شعارٌ فارغ.
مرّ.

bi-lā maʿ-nā, taḥ-ta ḍaghṭ
li-mā-dhā
ḥurr — an a-kūn
ḥulm
ī-mān-un bi-mā baʿd
maf-rū-ḍun bil-quw-wa
shi-ʿā-run fā-righ
murr

Pointless, pressed.
What for?
Free — to be.
A dream.
Faith in an after,
forced through.
Empty slogan.
Bitter.

Sinnlos, bedrängt.
Wozu? Sag mir wozu?
Frei. Sein.
Ein Traum.
Glauben an danach,
durchgesetzt.
Leere Parole.
Bitter.

مقاومةُ العبث.
مقاومةُ المقاومة.
حبٌّ للجميع،
إلّا أنا.
التنفّس بعد ذلك.

mu-qā-wa-ma-tul ʿa-bath
mu-qā-wa-ma-tul mu-qā-wa-ma
ḥubb-un lil-ja-mīʿ
il-lā a-nā
at-ta-naf-fus baʿ-da dhā-lik

Straining against meaningless.
Straining against the strain.
Love for all,
except me.
Breathing after that.

Sträuben gegen Sinnlos.
Sträuben gegen Sträuben.
Liebe für jeden,
außer für mich.
Atmen danach.

فمٌ مُغلق.
حَجرٌ احترازي.
دموعٌ جافّة، وحدي.
أنتَ حذر.
غيرُ مفهوم.
الحياةُ تشدّ.

famm-un mugh-laq
ḥajr-un iḥ-ti-rā-zī
du-mū-ʿun jāf-fa, waḥ-dī
an-ta ḥa-dhir
ghay-ru maf-hūm
al-ḥa-yā-tu ta-shudd

Mouth locked tight.
Quarantine. Preventive.
Tears, dry, alone.
A cautious you.
Misunderstood.
Life pulls on.

Verschlossener Mund.
Quarantäne. Vorsorglich.
Tränen, trocken, allein.
Ein vorsichtiges Du.
Unverstanden.
Das Leben zieht.

تعويذةُ شفاء.
صدأُ الذات، شبهُ فارغ.
ما الذي لا ينكسر؟
لا شيء يُقال،
لا شيء يُفعل،
لا أنا هنا.

taʿ-wī-dha-tu shi-fāʾ
ṣa-daʾu dh-dhāt, shib-hu fā-righ
mā al-la-dhī lā yan-ka-sir
lā shayʾ yu-qāl
lā shayʾ yu-fʿal
lā a-nā hu-nā

Mantra for healing.
Self-rust, near empty.
What never shatters?
Nothing to say,
nothing to do,
no I here.

Mantra der Heilung.
Selbstrost, fast leer.
Was zerbricht nie?
Nichts zu sagen,
nichts zu tun,
kein Ich da.

حبٌّ للجميع،
ولي — ربّما.
تنفّس. حياة.
التنفّس بعد ذلك.

ḥubb-un lil-ja-mīʿ
wa-lī — rub-ba-mā
ta-naf-fus. ḥa-yāh
at-ta-naf-fus baʿ-da dhā-lik

Love for all,
for me — maybe.
Breathing after all.

Liebe für jeden,
Für mich, vielleicht.
Atmen. Leben.
Atmen danach.

τρόποι

a quiet side room
for those who wish to linger with the song

Notes on Resonance and Tradition

The song speaks near traditions that hold tension between faith, futility, and endurance without resolving them. Its repeated formulations resemble forms of invocation that persist despite unanswered address.

Resistance is treated not as victory but as ongoing strain. Negation functions as a way of protecting what cannot be affirmed.

Breath appears as a shared minimal ground, neither transcendence nor escape. The text stands in company with ways of speaking that accept repetition, restraint, and unresolved pressure as conditions of staying alive in language.