52. Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon

A 2008 Nigerien documentary film about onion farmers written and directed by Sani Elhadj Magori.

Watch a scene where one of the farmers is singing a song about onion farming.

"I’m singing about Onion farming, bringing about both suffering and joy.
Oh you Onion, the mate of men, You Onion, wife of all men, who else but you would deserve that I use both my hands to water you?
No one else deserves it but you, whose life is link to straw.
Soak up and grow!
Quaff all water and yield bulbs for me!"

"What's wrong with your onions?"

"Onion, both suffering and joy."

Watch the whole film here (part 1) and here (part 2).