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al-MāyaMizan 2 of five

Qāʾim wa-niṣf

14 pieces · Tangier Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 1:10:57

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. Tūshiya · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    Tūshiya

    2:03
  2. قُمْ وَاغْتَنِمْ سَطْوَةَ البَنْفَسَج

    Zajal · al-māya · taṣdīra

    Also inBasīṭ

    7:29
  3. شَمْسُ العَشِيَّا

    Zajal · al-ṣīka

    2:51
  4. يَا شَمْسَ الغُرُوبْ

    Tawshīḥ · al-māya

    4:12
  5. وَهَلْ يَطِيب

    Tawshīḥ · al-māya

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    7:24
  6. بِاللَّهِ يَا شَمْسَ الغُرُوبْ

    Zajal · al-māya

    4:22
  7. تَاللَّهِ يَا نُورَ عَيْنِي

    Tawshīḥ · al-ṣīka

    Also inal-Iṣbahān · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Quddām

    6:30
  8. خَمْرَة الحُبِّ أسْكَرَتْنِي

    Zajal · al-ṣīka

    2:47
  9. مَرْهَم وصَالكْ

    Zajal · al-ṣīka

    Also inal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Quddām

    2:15
  10. شَمْسُ العَشِيَّا

    Zajal · al-māya

    2:37
  11. شَمْسُ العَشِيَّا بِاللَّهِ

    Tawshīḥ · al-ṣīka

    Also inBṭāyḥīQuddām

    4:55

Mahzūzthe lifted pace

  1. حِينَ نَلْقَى المَلِيحْ

    Zajal · al-māya · first qanṭara

    5:29

Inṣirāfthe departure

  1. بِذِمَامِ الهَوَى وَحِفْظِ الوِدَادِ

    Qaṣīda · al-māya · second qanṭara

    12:23
  2. عَقْلِي عَبَّاهْ

    Zajal · al-māya

    1:43

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