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Beauty Saloon Music: Music

Dounya/Hommage

("Dounya" by Malam Maman Barka/Lyrics to "Hommage" by Bania Mahamadou Say)
Dounya (the World), dounya, dounya, dounya, dounya, it’s for God.

After the birth, I understood its end is death,
In the middle, that I didn’t understand,
In the middle, the power of God,
Dounya, it’s the west,
Dounya, it’s the east,
Dounya, it’s the south,
Thanks, dounya, it’s the north,
Dounya, dounya

Homage, homage to the artists who have left their bodies,
But who remain at our sides and in our hearts,
Homage, homage to these artists that ours eyes no longer see but who assist us always,
In paradise in the heavens, their souls rest in peace

Dounya, dounya, dounya, dounya, dounya, it’s for God.
After the birth, I understood its end is death,
In the middle, that I didn’t understand,
In the middle, the power of God

Homage, homage to these talented artists who have celebrated the splendor of Niger,
Sung the diversity of its beauty,
Exalted its inexhaustible treasures,
And honored the pride, the courage and the ardor with the work of its valliant sons,
In paradise in the heavens, their souls rest in peace

Dounya, dounya, dounya, dounya, dounya, it’s for God

After the birth, I understood its end is death,
In the middle, that I didn’t understand,
In the middle, the power of God
Dounya, it’s the west,
Dounya, it’s the east,
Dounya, it’s the south,
Hello, dounya, it’s the north

Homage, homage to the artists who have left their bodies,
But who remain at our sides and in our hearts,
Homage, homage to these artists that ours eyes no longer see but who assist us always,
Homage to these talented artists who have celebrated the splendor of Niger,
Sung the diversity of its beauty,
Exalted its inexhaustible treasures,
And honored the pride, the courage and the ardor with the work of its valliant sons,
In paradise in the heavens, their souls rest in peace,
In paradise in the heavens, their souls rest in peace

Amen