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Rich of inquiries on agricultural practices of North Yemen's population in the years 1970-1980, the Yemenite corpus of the ethnologist Marceau Gast also contains a few songs and some instrumental pieces. Some may be parts of ceremonies like weddings, others are recorded during informal moments.As the extract that we put forward here  ; Marceau Gast exchanging words and laughter with a group of children and teenagers of a village of Sadah region in the northwest of Yemen. We are in november 1974, it's the first year of the ethnologist's field in the south of Arabian peninsula. On the recording, between the encouragements and the laughter of his friends, a young boy, that we guess is a teenager to the tone of his voice, starts singing a love song.Of the tune here is a transcription in Arabic and a proposition of translation in english:يا مسلمين يا عباد الله انا عاطشفي ذمتك يا الحبيب لو قلتلي مابشفي ذمتك يا الحبيب لو قلتلي مابشيا مسلمين يا عباد الله من الهايميا مسلمين يا عباد الله من الهايموانا الذي تحت (شباك؟ شبان) الملك نايموانا الذي تحت (شباك؟ شبان) الملك نايمTranscriptionYā maslimīn  yā ʻibād Allāh ʻanā ʻāṭšFī ḏammitak yā l-ḥabīb law gultalī mabašFī ḏammitak yā l-ḥabīb law gultalī mabašYā maslimīn  yā ʻibād Allāh man al-hayimYā maslimīn  yā ʻibād Allāh man al-hayimWa ʼanā llaḏī taḥt (šubāk? Šubān) al-malik nāyimWa ʼanā llaḏī taḥt (šubāk? Šubān) al-malik nāyimTranslationÔ muslims, ô servants of God, I'am thirstyBecause of you, my love, if you tell me that there is nothingBecause of you, my love, if you tell me that there is nothingÔ muslims, ô servants of God, I'm the everlasting loverÔ muslims, ô servants of God, I'm the everlasting loverI'm the one who sleeps under (the window?) of kingI'm the one who sleeps under (the window?) of kingTranscription : Hanan Maloom, François DumasTranslation: Laure Principaud (thanks to Isabelle Blouet)