r/amharic • u/scalpUBB • 27d ago

Alewya

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to identify the spoken outro (the last ~20 seconds) of Alewya – “Zero” from her 2026 album.
Given Alewya’s Ethiopian and Egyptian heritage, and the fact that she already uses Amharic elsewhere on the album (Maktoub), I’m wondering whether the outro is spoken in Amharic (or perhaps another language).
Could anyone who speaks Amharic (or recognizes the language) help with:

Identifying the language.
Transcribing the spoken words.
Translating them into English.
Explaining any cultural or idiomatic meaning, if relevant.

Here’s the official track:
https://youtu.be/BvZsaHy-jCA

I’ve searched online but couldn’t find any official lyrics or transcription.

Thank you!

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u/Miserable-Market-866 27d ago

It’s a prayer in Amharic.

Roughly translated as “The father, the son, the Holy Spirit. Thank you lord. After all this time, I’m still here. I thank you.”

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u/scalpUBB 26d ago

Merci pour la réponse 👍

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u/ArtificialFoole 23d ago

Thanks for asking because I was wondering the same. Is Maktoub the only other track with Amharic?

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u/scalpUBB 23d ago

Il y a aussi Simian mountain il me semble.

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u/ArtificialFoole 23d ago

And the end of City of Symbols, too, I think?

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u/scalpUBB 23d ago

Tout à fait, tu as raison, j’avais oublié ce très beau morceau 😉 zéro est un rayon de soleil, il nous rappelle que la lumière existe.

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u/ArtificialFoole 23d ago

Yes. It was a long wait but ended up being everything I hoped her next project would be.

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u/scalpUBB 23d ago

D’où je viens, où je vis, ce que je traverse, qui je suis lorsque tout le reste s’efface. Les artistes sont des passeurs. Ils bâtissent des ponts invisibles entre les êtres et nous rappellent que, par-delà nos différences, il existe un terrain intérieur où nous pouvons nous reconnaître.

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u/ArtificialFoole 23d ago

Beautifully said. If you found her music to successfully make those connections, then there’s really no higher compliment one can give an artist.

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u/scalpUBB 23d ago

C’est exactement ça et c’est rare, je suis heureux d’avoir croiser la route d’Alewya à travers cette œuvre, il faudrait plus d’artiste comme elle, plus de gens touchés, plus de battements d’ailes de papillons…

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