1,2,3 Soleils

13-04-2011 16:26 shahz#1
1,2,3 Soleils (1,2,3 Suns)


1,2,3 Soleils is a live album performed by Algerian artists Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel, widely hailed as the three masters of Raļ music.

Rai music - is a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouins, mixed with Spanish, French, African and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s.

The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay in 1999.

13-04-2011 16:28 shahz#2
A song from the Album 1,2,3, Soleils :


Translation :

Abdel Kader, my master, my guide
Ease my pain, make me strong
Help me through the dark night of my soul
O sweet girl of my homeland
Why is my heart so troubled
While yours is at peace?
In spite of love's many pleasures
She's turned away and left me
After a night of bliss
Abdel Kader, keeper of the keys
Keeper of my soul
I have left heaven and come back to earth
Away from her arms
I pray life is long enough to let me start over
Heal me and turn me away from my pain
13-04-2011 16:40 shahz#3
Abdel Kader was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by some Algerians as their national hero.