Bakhta

Infobox Single |
Name = Bakhta


Artist = Khaled
from Album = N'ssi N'ssi
Released = 1995
Format = CD, 12"
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Rai
Length = 5:11
Label = Barclay
Producer = Philippe Eidel
Last single = "N'ssi N'ssi"
(1994)
This single = "Bakhta"
(1995)
Next single = "Aïcha"
(1996)"Bakhta" ( _ar. بختة) is a song by Khaled, released as a single in 1993, taken from his album "N'ssi N'ssi". The song was written by an Algerian poet by the name of Khaldi in the 1940s [Star Academy, interview with Khaled, 1997] .

Background

The song is described by Khaled during an interview on Star Academy.

"Bakhta" is originally a 196 verse poem written by the Algerian poet in the 1940s about his lover Bakhta, a resident of Oran Province. The poem talks about Bakhta's disagreement with the poet Khaldi. Disappointed Bakhta returns to Tiaret, her town of origin, staying there for months. Bakhta eventually could not handle the distance and returns back to see Khaldi.

The story goes that Bakhta took a taxi cab to a coffee shop where Khaldi was. She then stays in the taxi cab and sends the driver out to get Khaldi. Hence the verse of the song, “She came in a cab, stubborn as an army chief.”

The poem was reduced in size and made into a song.

Track listings

#"Bakhta" (5:11)

References