Traditional Egyptian songs and dance music. The Musicians of the Nile (Mohammed Mourad Migally, rababah ; Youssef Ali Bakash, vocals, duff ; Ramadan Hassan, vocals, rababah ; Mustafa Abdel Aziz, arghul ; Fawy Ahmad Othman, rababah ; Fawzy Hafez, gharb ; Hanafi Mohammed Aly, tablah ; Qenawi Bakhit Qenawi, mizmar ; Ramadan Atta, mizmar ; Djad al-rabb Mahmoud, tabla baladi). Recorded at Femios Studio, Montreuil, France. Compact disc. Program notes in French and English by Alain Weber and song texts in French and English translation (18 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Sir bîna Ya Qitâr = Ô train, emmène-moi dans le pays de mon amour-- = Oh train, carry me to the land of my love-- (7:87) -- Um cha'r asmar modafar = Celle aux cheveux noirs tressés = The girl with black plaits (10:13) -- Haddî khatawî = Ralentis tes pas! = Slow down! (6:33) -- Wa anâ mâli, Yâ qalbi = Plus rien ne m'importe Ô mon cœur! = Nothing matters to me anymore, dear heart of mine! (10:06) -- Al Bahr al-Zaman = L'océan du passé = Ocean of the past (5:37) -- Abou Zeîd al-Hilali = Extrait de l'épopée hilalienne = Extract from the Hilalian epic (12:02) -- Ya maawad men sabar = Toi qui connaît la patience! = Thou Who knowest to be patient! (9:51) -- Taksim al-Hawa = Instrumental = Instrumental (2:34) -- Allah lilêk malu nahâr = Ô Maîtresse des nuits que m'importe le jour! = Oh mistress of the night--and who cares about the day! (3:55).
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