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Fatima Zahra

Hiya Tabda

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
A# minor
energy
0.73
dance
0.96
valence
0.43
vocal at
1.6s
length
3:57
language
Ar

lyrics

(lila... lila...)

Awwal marra qult la, kanou sab'a rijal fi al ghurfa
Wa kul wahid minhum kan yantathir min yaqoul li la'
Ma qultsh shay, bda't al 3azf faqat
(faqat, faqat)
Wa ba'd sa'a, kanou yughannoun ma'i

Al ithn la yu'ta (la yu'ta)
Al ithn yu'khadh bil sabr

Hiya tabda
(tabda, tabda)
She begins, and the room decides afterwards
Hiya tabda
Al layl la yas'al man ana

Jaddati kanat tuhadir kul lila wa la taghanni abadan
Sab'een sana min al sukut fi nafs al ghurfa
Ana ughanni bi sawtiha aydan, laysa faqat bi sawti
(laysa faqat)
Kul nagma hiya sa'a lam ta'ishha

(solo guembri, hypnotic, long)
Jaddati, ana ughanni.
(QRAQEB EXPLODE)

Hiya tabda
(tabda, tabda)
She begins, and the room decides afterwards
Hiya tabda
Al layl la yas'al man ana

(lila...)