Orira
by zazuka
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A track for all diaspora Adiğe about tracing our familial histories and calling our ancestors for guidance after generations of displacement.
In it, I sing both Eastern and Western dialects (Kabardey and Ch'emirgoy) of our language, Adiğebze, to stress our unity and our will to keep our language alive.
In it, I sing both Eastern and Western dialects (Kabardey and Ch'emirgoy) of our language, Adiğebze, to stress our unity and our will to keep our language alive.
lyrics
I move in a memory zone
By way of a riverbed
The tumbling rocks
Have changed its course
Some spots turned into sand
I came upon a wise crone
Deep her roots and high her head
Her lonely voice
Fighting the noise
Ears cupped over with their hands
Orire orire oriraa
Orire orire oriraa
Hay ride ride horiraa
I cut myself on a sliver of hope
Just one drop more of our blood shed
Our people displaced
Our places erased
Noone to hear our demand
Iэзэхэм сарипхъу
Iэзэхэмрэ сипхъоу
(I am the daughter of the healers)
си тхыдэр сэ сытхэнущ
си тхыдэр сотхэноу
(I will write my own story)
си лъапэ куууэ
си лъапсэр кууоу
(My roots are deep)
си пхъэщъхьак1э бгъуэ
си чъыгщхьапэ быхъоу
(The crown of my tree is wide)
си къэлэм хьэзыр
(My pen is ready!)
апхуэдэ, псалъэрэ псалъэрэ хэкум сыкъэгъэзэжын
фэдэу, гущыI гущыIэу си хэкум сыгъэзэжьы
(Let it be so, that I return to my homeland, word by word, the vessels of my soul)
апхуэдэ, си тыркъэ мэкIыж
фэдэу, си уIагъэ кIыжьы
(Let it be so, that my wound shall heal)
Orire orire oriraa
Orire orire oriraa
Hay ride ride horiraa
By way of a riverbed
The tumbling rocks
Have changed its course
Some spots turned into sand
I came upon a wise crone
Deep her roots and high her head
Her lonely voice
Fighting the noise
Ears cupped over with their hands
Orire orire oriraa
Orire orire oriraa
Hay ride ride horiraa
I cut myself on a sliver of hope
Just one drop more of our blood shed
Our people displaced
Our places erased
Noone to hear our demand
Iэзэхэм сарипхъу
Iэзэхэмрэ сипхъоу
(I am the daughter of the healers)
си тхыдэр сэ сытхэнущ
си тхыдэр сотхэноу
(I will write my own story)
си лъапэ куууэ
си лъапсэр кууоу
(My roots are deep)
си пхъэщъхьак1э бгъуэ
си чъыгщхьапэ быхъоу
(The crown of my tree is wide)
си къэлэм хьэзыр
(My pen is ready!)
апхуэдэ, псалъэрэ псалъэрэ хэкум сыкъэгъэзэжын
фэдэу, гущыI гущыIэу си хэкум сыгъэзэжьы
(Let it be so, that I return to my homeland, word by word, the vessels of my soul)
апхуэдэ, си тыркъэ мэкIыж
фэдэу, си уIагъэ кIыжьы
(Let it be so, that my wound shall heal)
Orire orire oriraa
Orire orire oriraa
Hay ride ride horiraa
credits
released May 19, 2023
Music and lyrics by Zazuka
Additional translation East Adiğebze dialect by Gunef Özbek (Yadij)
Produced by Maxi Menot and Zazuka
Voice, Keys: Zazuka
Chorus Vocals: Katya Tasheva, Zazuka
Clarinet, Bass clarinet, E-bass, Programming: Maxi Menot
Drums, Percussion: Jarita Freydank
Mixed by Felix Trawöger, Studio Babelsberg
Mastered in Menot Studios
Cover photo: Lea Brugnoli
Video shot in Tatwerk, Berlin. All effects where shot on location.
Concept: Zeina Azouqah, Antonia Lange
Director, Cinemtographer, Editor: Antonia Lange
Lighting: Sven Paetsch
Make-up and Hair: Wizzy
Jacket Design: Amal Jilouque
Special thanks: Barina Abaza, Ahmad Azouqah, Amal Jiloque, Dalal Jiloque
Music and lyrics by Zazuka
Additional translation East Adiğebze dialect by Gunef Özbek (Yadij)
Produced by Maxi Menot and Zazuka
Voice, Keys: Zazuka
Chorus Vocals: Katya Tasheva, Zazuka
Clarinet, Bass clarinet, E-bass, Programming: Maxi Menot
Drums, Percussion: Jarita Freydank
Mixed by Felix Trawöger, Studio Babelsberg
Mastered in Menot Studios
Cover photo: Lea Brugnoli
Video shot in Tatwerk, Berlin. All effects where shot on location.
Concept: Zeina Azouqah, Antonia Lange
Director, Cinemtographer, Editor: Antonia Lange
Lighting: Sven Paetsch
Make-up and Hair: Wizzy
Jacket Design: Amal Jilouque
Special thanks: Barina Abaza, Ahmad Azouqah, Amal Jiloque, Dalal Jiloque
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zazuka Berlin, Germany
Featured July 2023 on Bandcamp Daily/Best Folk of July 2023.
Jordanian-born artist Zazuka, aka Zeina Azouqah is a
composer and songwriter of intercultural music, forging a distinct sound to accompany her lyrics- often written in a dream-state.
Her work showcases an impressionistic yet immediate harmonic language.
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