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Fatima Zahra

Al Akbar

Women traditionally do not lead gnawa ceremonies, and she leads anyway

style

  • gnawa fusion
  • moroccan trance
  • guembri bass
  • qraqeb castanets
  • female alto
  • incantatory and powerful
  • hypnotic repetition
  • spiritual
  • arabic accent
  • 16-bar solo guembri trance section

the numbers

bpm
129
key
D# major
energy
0.70
dance
0.95
valence
0.58
vocal at
3.6s
length
3:21
language
Ar

lyrics

(lila...)

Al rajul al akbar ja'ani ba3d al lila, wahdahu
Qal: jaddatuki kanat tajlis huna, kul lila, sanawaat
Wa lam taghanni. Wala marra wahida. Sab3een sana.
(sab3een sana)
Wa ana lam a3raf. Ahad lam yaqul li. Ahad abadan.

Sa'altuhu limadha (limadha)
Qal: lam yakun masmuh. Wa hiya lam tas'al.

Al akbar
(al akbar)
The oldest man in the room told me what nobody would
Al akbar
Wa alan ughanni li'thnayn, la wahid

Kul lila alan ana ughanni marratayn fi ra'si
Marra li, wa marra liha, fi al sukut allathi tarakathu
Hadha laysa huznan. Hadha 3amal. Hadha wadhifa.
(hadha wadhifa)
Al ghina' li man lam yughanni huwa akhtar shay a3mal

(solo guembri, deepening trance)
Jaddati. Sab3een sana. Ana asma'uki.
(QRAQEB EXPLODE)

Al akbar
(al akbar)
The oldest man in the room told me what nobody would
Al akbar
Wa alan ughanni li'thnayn, la wahid

(lila...)