'The Lament of Atenara'
'The Lament of Atenara' was a song written and performed by Zehra Greenfire in the city of Y'Matara circa 1800 CE. The song sings about Atenara, the first Pharaoh of Y'Matara. Link to YouTube Music
The lyrics were recorded in writing at the time of the performance:
She came from dust with firebound grace,
A crownless queen with starlit face.
She carved a city from the sand,
And held the sun in her command.
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Oh Atenara, desert flame,
The stones still whisper of your name.
Your breath has left, your throne is bare—
But still your spirit fills the air.
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She walked where river djinni hide,
With silence veiled and gaze of pride.
A healer loved, a secret kept,
A sorrow none but Aten wept.
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No chariot came, no trumpet’s cry,
Just silence ‘neath the saffron sky.
The ziggurat her final bed,
Where all but whispers call her dead.
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Atenara, sovereign light,
We sing your name into the night.
Though gods may fade and towers fall,
You are the dust that binds us all.
⸻
Still she sleeps in sand and flame…
And in our hearts… she speaks her name.
A crownless queen with starlit face.
She carved a city from the sand,
And held the sun in her command.
⸻
Oh Atenara, desert flame,
The stones still whisper of your name.
Your breath has left, your throne is bare—
But still your spirit fills the air.
⸻
She walked where river djinni hide,
With silence veiled and gaze of pride.
A healer loved, a secret kept,
A sorrow none but Aten wept.
⸻
No chariot came, no trumpet’s cry,
Just silence ‘neath the saffron sky.
The ziggurat her final bed,
Where all but whispers call her dead.
⸻
Atenara, sovereign light,
We sing your name into the night.
Though gods may fade and towers fall,
You are the dust that binds us all.
⸻
Still she sleeps in sand and flame…
And in our hearts… she speaks her name.