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ʿIrāq al-ʿAjamMizan 2 of five

Qāʾim wa-niṣf

24 pieces · Tangier Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 58:02

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

    8/4 · 60–120

    dum tik dum dum tik tik tik

  • Inṣirāf

    4/4 · 100–130

    dum dum dum

The pieces

Muwassaʿthe broad pace

  1. لَيْلِي ونَهَارِي سَوَا

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam · taṣdīra

    13:17
  2. بَاكِرْ إلَى شَادِنٍ وَكَاس

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-Māya · Basīṭal-ʿUshshāq · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    4:23
  3. خُذ مِنَ الدَّهرِ أَيَّ نَصيب

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    9:37
  4. إذَا تَرَى الصُّبْحَ قَدْ لاحْ

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-ʿUshshāq · Basīṭal-ʿUshshāq · Qāʾim wa-niṣfal-ʿUshshāq · Quddām+1

    4:57
  5. قُمْ بَاكِرِ الاصْبَاحْ

    Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl

    Also inDarjal-ʿUshshāq · Basīṭal-ʿUshshāq · Darj+1

    4:11
  6. إذَا حَضَرْ هَذَا المَلِيح

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    3:36

Mahzūzthe lifted pace

  1. اُنْظُرْ بِعَيْنِكْ

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam · first qanṭara

    Also inal-Istihlāl · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    5:22

Inṣirāfthe departure

  1. شَجَانِي قُمَارِي

    Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl · second qanṭara

    Also inal-Istihlāl · Qāʾim wa-niṣfal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Darj

    3:25
  2. مَا كُنْتُ أدْرِي مَا الحُبُّ لَوْلاكُمُ

    Qaṣīda · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · BasīṭGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Qāʾim wa-niṣf+3

    0:37
  3. كَمْ يَلِي نَتُوبْ عَنِ الهَوَى

    Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-Māya · Bṭāyḥī

    1:27
  4. اسْتَمِعْ مَا أقُولْ

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inBasīṭ

    1:01
  5. ثُغْر الزَّهْرِ بَاسِمْ

    Tawshīḥ · ʿirāq al-ʿajam

    Also inal-ʿUshshāq · Basīṭal-ʿUshshāq · Quddām

    2:22

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