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البطايحي

ʿIrāq al-ʿAjamMizan 3 of five

Bṭāyḥī

15 pieces · Tangier Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 1:24:01

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

    8/4 · 60–120

    tik tik dum tik dum dum

  • Inṣirāf

    4/4 · 90–120

    tik dum dum dum

  • Inṣirāf

    4/4 · 90–120

    dum dum dum

The pieces

Muwassaʿthe broad pace

  1. أيْنَ الوَفَا يَا مَنْ ضَمِنْ

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam · taṣdīra

    13:15
  2. أهْلا بِكُمْ يَا مَنْ لَهُمْ عَقْلِي صَبَا

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Bṭāyḥī

    7:32
  3. قَدْ بَشَّرَتْ بقُدُومكُمْ ريحُ الصَّبَا

    Qaṣīda · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-Istihlāl · Bṭāyḥīal-Istihlāl · DarjGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Quddām+4

    6:31

Mahzūzthe lifted pace

  1. أهْدَى لَنَا لَمَّا بَدَا

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam · first qanṭara

    6:36

Inṣirāfthe departure

  1. فُتِنْتُ بِالنَّظْرَة

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam · second qanṭara

    9:04
  2. Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    4:44
  3. يَا قَوْمِي هَجَرْنِي ذَا المَلِيحْ

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    4:17
  4. يَا قَلْبِي مَنْ يُرِيدَكْ

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    4:20
  5. سَكِرْنَا وَطَابْ شُرْبُنَا

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-Istihlāl · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Basīṭal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Quddām+1

    3:27
  6. 3:10
  7. يَا وَرْدَ الزَّوَانِ

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    2:14
  8. قَدْرُ الكَلامْ مَحْفُوظْ

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    1:05

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