EMP1RE drops the track ‘NAFS’ on 2025‑10‑17, built by lyricists Afif cherif and Belhassen Kekli. The song bursts with a relentless rhythm. It challenges listeners to see beyond routine.
Released: October 17, 2025
NAFS
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NAFS Meaning & Lyrics (Emp1Re)
Afif cherif shows daily life as a loop of empty paperwork and endless queues. He repeats the chant about a house, faces, and a path that never changes. The line paints a world where every day feels identical.
Nafs Edar Wel Wjouh Nafs El Nahj 30 Sné Nafs Lebled Nafs LahjaSame house and same faces, same path for thirty years, same country, same dialect.
Wjouh Elou7 Nafs Akel 5itab El Beyet Nafs El 3ark Fil Kayes Stress Nafs Leklem El ZayedFaces of wood, same stale speech, same fights in the street, stress, same empty talk.
Nafs El Nesba Mte3 Lebtala E5er El3am Barcha Chheyed Mechi Jey 3ala War9a Nafs El Ta9 Nafs El CheyebSame unemployment rate, end of the year lots of degrees, running back and forth for a paper, same weather, same old man.
Nafs El Dazzen Nas Lidara Nafs El Saff Nafs El Boulis Nafs El Chalta Nafs El KaffSame pushing in the administration, same queue, same police, same scar, same slap.
Nafs El 7akem Nafs El 9am3 Saben L’om 3al Boutoula Nafs El 5oudha Fil Bloc Nafs El Stade Nafs KouraSame ruler, same oppression, cursing mothers over the championship, same chaos in the cell block, same stadium, same ball.
Rabi Ynoub Westi Nafs T7eb Toub Nafs Imatar Nafs Ib7ar Nafs LahroubGod provides, my connection, soul wants to repent, same rain, same sea, same escape.
Nafs Lekrares Wel Ktob Pédagogie 9dima Traged Nafs Mousalem Talena Jil M3a9edSame notebooks and books, old pedagogy stagnating, same teacher raised a complexed generation for us.
Nafs El Mouwadhef Nafs Laghlat Nafs Lebhama Nafs Tayara Nafs El Habra Mte3 GhzellaSame employee, same mistakes, same stupidity, same airplane, same ink of the ‘Gazelle’.
Copier Coller Nafs El Lebsa Nafs El Machta Nchouf Fi Nes T7eb Tnagez Dawla Thez Fihom Bel Mochta Nafs Ch9af Nafs Rayes Nafs Gouna Nafs Icadra Nafs El Gadma Nafs Centro Nafs El Mrach Nafs El ScadraCopy paste, same clothes, same hairstyle, I see people wanting to jump ship, the state shoveling them out. Same boat, same captain, same shack, same squad, same bite, same center, same spray, same team.
Ki Yjiw Tourist Shebeb Hez Fil 7abs Law7ou 9endil Beb Mnara Taw Fi 3afw El Chté Yraw7ouWhen tourists come, take the youth to prison, throw them away. Like the ‘Lamp of Bab Menara’, now in the winter pardon they’ll go home.
9fof Rahi Ghlét Chouf Kel Ommét Ynaw7ou Chera3 7ke 79i9a Wela5bar Dima Yfaw 7 OuThe baskets got expensive, look at those mothers wailing. The street spoke the truth, and the news always spices it up.
Nchouf Fik Seket Ghates 5ater 5ayef 5anes Kolna MoutaI see you silent, submerged, because you’re scared, hiding, we are all dead.
Nes Tok Fi Blayes 7arb Ifoug WeloutaPeople striking in places of war, up and down.
Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena M3a Eli 9a3dou Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ma Eli Jey Weli Ba3douWhere am I, where am I, where am I, where am I, where am I with those who stayed? Where am I, where am I, where am I, where am I, where with who’s coming and who’s next?
Nafs El Majzra Sghar Nafs El 7asra Nafs La3rab Nafs El 5ouf Nafs El Ghazra Nafs El Nakba Ama Mouch Nafs El 7a9ba Nafs El Dam Wel Sekina Nafs El Ra9ba Nafs El Siyessa Nafs Kedhb Nafs El Niya Nafs El Twensa El Rjel 3al 9adheyaSame massacre of children, same heartbreak, same Arabs, same fear, same gaze. Same catastrophe but not the same era. Same blood and knife, same neck, same politics, same lies, same intention, same Tunisian men for the cause.
Nafs L’éssence Nafs El 7ar9a Wel Barwita Nafs El Séquence Nafs El Chera3 Nafs El 3itaSame gasoline, same burning and the wheelbarrow, same sequence, same street, same scream.
Inti5abt Nafs La7bar Nafs Sbo3 Nafs El Laba Nafs El To3m Nafs El R903I voted, same ink, same finger, same game, same bait, same submission.
Yhezou Limin Nafs El Yed Nafs El Sera Nafs El Cha3b Wel 9ati3 Nafs El Sera7They raise the right, same hand, same conduct, same people and the herd, same shepherd.
Nafs Nife9 Nafs Ikorh Nafs Im7abba Sa7ét Labdén Nafs Imordha Nafs TobbaSame hypocrisy, same hate, same love. Health of bodies, same patients, same doctors.
Tasma3 W Talléf Bara T7arek Tawa 9oum 3ichet Tounes Ray Tetkalef 93ad Echa3b Nafs El SoumYou listen and ignore, go move now, get up. Living in Tunisia costs a lot, the people remained at the same price.
Bdina B7atta Chay Nafs El 7ay Nafs El Ziro Nafs El Dharéf Nafs El 7ogra Nafs El 3arf Nafs El Biro Nafs El Markez Wel Matrak Wel Ta9rir Nafs El Dhareb Nafs Le5maj Nafs Luxe Nafs Lebled Nafs L 7arbWe started with nothing, same neighborhood, same zero. Same envelope, same contempt, same boss, same office. Same police station and baton and report. Same hitter, same filth, same luxury, same country, same war.
Nafs Echi5a Nafs Enouma Nafs El Thamla Nafs El 9ouma Nafs El 9amla Nafs El Tamra Nafs El Hamla Nafs El 7ouma Nafs El Zboun Haw Kamin Nafs El Chabka Nafs El 7outa Nafs El Charra Nafs El Sel3a Nafs El Bal3a Nafs El MoutaSame high, same sleep, same intoxication, same waking up. Same louse, same date, same campaign, same neighborhood. Same client, here’s an ambush, same net, same fish. Same spark, same goods, same gulp, same dead people.
Nchouf Fik Seket Ghates 5ater 5ayef 5anes Kolna MoutaI see you silent, submerged, because you’re scared, hiding, we are all dead.
Nes Tok Fi Blayes 7arb Ifoug WeloutaPeople striking in places of war, up and down.
Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena M3a Eli 9a3dou Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ena Win Ma Eli Jey Weli Ba3douWhere am I, where am I, where am I, where am I, where am I with those who stayed? Where am I, where am I, where am I, where am I, where with who’s coming and who’s next?
NAFS Music Video
The NAFS lyrics meaning underscores how routine fuels resistance. It invites listeners to question the cycle they live in.