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al-Ḥijāz al-MashriqīMizan 1 of five

Basīṭ

20 pieces · Al-Brihi Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 47:29

The referenceIts kunnāsh, to print

The rhythm

One turn of the cycle at each pace, read clockwise from the top. The red seal is the dum, the ring the tik.

  • Muwassaʿ · Mahzūz

    6/4 · 60–120

    dum dum tik tik dum

  • Inṣirāf

    3/4 · 90–130

    tik tik dum

The pieces

Muwassaʿthe broad pace

  1. Bughya · Basīṭ

    Bughya

    4:09
  2. Tūshiya · Basīṭ

    Tūshiya

    21:47
  3. البَهَا فيكَ انتهَى

    Qaṣīda · al-mashriqī

    Also inQāʾim wa-niṣf

    3:07
  4. نُزْهَةُ النَّفْسِ بين آسٍ وَبَانٍ

    Qaṣīda · al-mashriqī · taṣdīra

    9:35
  5. اللَّيْلُ لَيْلٌ عَجِيبٌ

    Tawshīḥ · al-mashriqī

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Bṭāyḥīal-Raṣd · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Basīṭ+1

    3:57
  6. ما العِشْقُ إلَّا لِقَوْمٍ بَاتَ يَجْمَعُهُم

    Qaṣīda

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Raṣd · Basīṭal-Raṣd · Quddām+4

    2:36
  7. يَا مُسْلِمِينْ قَلْبِي دَعَانِي

    Zajal · al-mashriqī

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Qāʾim wa-niṣfQuddām

    4:43
  8. أشْهَلُ العَيْنِ كَحِيلُ الحَدَقَهْ

    Zajal · al-mashriqī

    Also inal-Raṣd · QuddāmGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Quddām

    5:45
  9. مَلِيحُ المُحَيَّا

    Zajal · al-mashriqī

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Qāʾim wa-niṣfal-Istihlāl · Qāʾim wa-niṣfal-Raṣd · Bṭāyḥī+2

    7:29
  10. مَنْ لِرُوحِي شَقِيقْ

    Tawshīḥ · al-mashriqī

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · Basīṭal-Māya · Darjal-Raṣd · Darj

    4:32

Mahzūzthe lifted pace

  1. كُلَّ شَيءٍ لَهُ انْتِهَاءٌ وَحَدُّ

    Qaṣīda · al-mashriqī · first qanṭara

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · BasīṭRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Raṣd · Darj+2

    2:03

Inṣirāfthe departure

  1. يَا صَاحِبَ العِذَارْ

    Tawshīḥ · al-mashriqī · second qanṭara

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · Quddāmal-Raṣd · Quddām

    4:08
  2. انْظُرْ إلَى قَدِّهِ كَالغُصْنِ مُعْتَدِلا

    Qaṣīda · al-mashriqī

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · Quddāmal-Raṣd · QuddāmDarj

    1:50
  3. يَا كَامِلَ الْبَهَا

    Zajal · al-mashriqī

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddām

    1:25
  4. حِبِّي مَعِي فِي دَارِي

    Tawshīḥ · al-mashriqī

    Also inal-Māya · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Quddāmal-Raṣd · Basīṭ+1

    0:59
  5. أنَا الَّذِي مَا لِي سَنِيدْ

    Zajal · al-mashriqī

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Quddām+1

    1:03

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