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Fatima Zahra

Sab'a Rijal

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
144
key
F minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.89
valence
0.51
vocal at
2.7s
length
7:59
language
Ar

lyrics

(lila...)

Sab'a rijal fi al ghurfa wa ana waqifa
Kul wahid yantathir an aqoul la' wa amshi
Ma qultsh shay. Bda't al 3azf. Faqat.
(faqat, faqat)
Wa al guembri la ya3rif man howa rajul wa man hiya imra'a

Al alaat la tas'al (la tas'al)
Al nas hiya allati tas'al

Sab'a rijal
(sab'a, sab'a)
Seven men and one guembri and the guembri decided
Sab'a rijal
Ba3d sa'a kanou yughannoun ma'i

Wahid minhum, al akbar, ja'ani ba3d al lila
Qal: jaddatuki kanat tuhadir hena, sanawaat
Ana lam a3raf. Ahad lam yukhbirni abadan.
(lam yukhbirni)
Kanat fi al ghurfa sab3een sana wa lam taghanni marra

(solo guembri, deepening trance)
Jaddati, ana ughanni. Ana ughanni 3anki.
(QRAQEB EXPLODE)

Sab'a rijal
(sab'a, sab'a)
Seven men and one guembri and the guembri decided
Sab'a rijal
Ba3d sa'a kanou yughannoun ma'i

(lila...)
Sab'a Rijal — Fatima Zahra · FERAL