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Dajakiri dukh | "Mother's pain"
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Dajakiri dukh | "Mother's pain"

by Ali Bajram and an unknown singer

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This duet by Ali Bajram and an unnamed female singer enacts a heavy conversation between a brother and a sister. The brother went far away to work and build a life. But their mother fell sick with sorrow.

The sister calls with a heart-wrenching “She’s sick.” This is probably one of the strongest openings of a song we’ve ever heard. It makes everything around you disappear as you listen to her words.

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