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Fatima Zahra

Lila

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
112
key
A# minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.87
valence
0.46
vocal at
3.9s
length
7:59
language
Ar

lyrics

(lila... lila...)

Al rijal yaqouloun: hadha laysa makanuki
Anaa waqifa huna mundhu thalath sa'aat
Wa al musiqa lam tatawaqqaf, wa laa anaa
(wa laa anaa)
Man qaal anna al ruh laha jins?

La astatheen (la astatheen)
Al lila laa tantathir al idhn

Lila, lila
Al layl tawil wa al tabl la yakdhib
Lila, lila
Ana huna hatta al fajr

Jaddati kanat tahdhur wa laa taghanni
Ummi kanat tasma' wa laa tadkhul
Anaa dakhalt, wa al ard lam tanshaq
(lam tanshaq)
Wa al sama lam taqa', wa al nas raqasu

(solo guembri, 16 bars, deepening trance)
(QRAQEB EXPLODE BACK IN, FASTEST)

Lila, lila
Al layl tawil wa al tabl la yakdhib
Lila, lila
Ana huna hatta al fajr

(lila... lila...)