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Fatima Zahra

LILA 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
  • trance

the numbers

bpm
123
key
F minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.93
valence
0.56
vocal at
2.7s
length
7:59
language
Ar

lyrics

(lila, lila)

Al ghurfa mumtali'a wa al layl tawil
Sab3een sana min al sukut fi hadhihi al ghurfa
Jaddati jalasat huna wa lam taghanni abadan
Wa al layla ana ughanni bi sawtiha wa sawti

Lila, lila (lila)
Al layla, lila, lila
Hatta al fajr, lila
Lila

Lila lila lila lila
Al tabl la yakdhib wa al layl la yas'al, lila
Lila lila lila lila
Man qaal anna al ruh laha jins, lila

Al rajul al akbar qal li ba3d al lila
"Jaddatuki kanat tajlis fi al zawiya, kul lila"
Al zawiya allati ajlis fiha alan, kul lila
Wa lam a3raf. Sab3een sana wa lam a3raf.

(solo guembri, deepening trance)
Ana la ughanni li'l-jamhur.
Ughanni li'imra'a jalasat sab3een sana bidun sawt.
Hiya tasma3. Hadha kafi.
(QRAQEB EXPLODE)

Lila lila lila lila
Al tabl la yakdhib wa al layl la yas'al, lila
Lila lila lila lila
Man qaal anna al ruh laha jins, lila

(lila...)