Sif El Battar
v4
@Adil Douzi
Sif El Battar
v4
@Adil Douzi
Текст песни
[Intro]
Ya Sif El Battar, ya sahib el khir
From the old road, your name travels near
[Verse 1]
At the gate of the market, dawn on the stone
A mother sends blessings wherever you roam
The tea seller pauses, the children look up
Your name passes hand to hand like a brass cup
[Chorus]
Sif El Battar, we call you with pride
Sif El Battar, keep hope at our side
From the kasbah courtyard to fields of the plain
Your name brings the people together again
[Verse 2]
The guembri remembers the dust of the lane
The qraqeb answer like bright summer rain
Old hands keep the rhythm, young voices join in
A circle grows wide as the evening comes in
[Chorus]
Sif El Battar, we call you with pride
Sif El Battar, keep hope at our side
From the kasbah courtyard to fields of the plain
Your name brings the people together again
[Bridge]
Ya lalla, ya sidi, the whole house is near
A song for the brave and the ones we hold dear
No border can silence the words that we share
We carry your name with a song and a prayer
[Final Chorus]
Sif El Battar, we call you with pride
Sif El Battar, keep hope at our side
From the kasbah courtyard to fields of the plain
Your name brings the people together again
[Outro]
Sif El Battar, ya sahib el khir
From the old road, your name travels near
Ya Sif El Battar, ya sahib el khir
From the old road, your name travels near
[Verse 1]
At the gate of the market, dawn on the stone
A mother sends blessings wherever you roam
The tea seller pauses, the children look up
Your name passes hand to hand like a brass cup
[Chorus]
Sif El Battar, we call you with pride
Sif El Battar, keep hope at our side
From the kasbah courtyard to fields of the plain
Your name brings the people together again
[Verse 2]
The guembri remembers the dust of the lane
The qraqeb answer like bright summer rain
Old hands keep the rhythm, young voices join in
A circle grows wide as the evening comes in
[Chorus]
Sif El Battar, we call you with pride
Sif El Battar, keep hope at our side
From the kasbah courtyard to fields of the plain
Your name brings the people together again
[Bridge]
Ya lalla, ya sidi, the whole house is near
A song for the brave and the ones we hold dear
No border can silence the words that we share
We carry your name with a song and a prayer
[Final Chorus]
Sif El Battar, we call you with pride
Sif El Battar, keep hope at our side
From the kasbah courtyard to fields of the plain
Your name brings the people together again
[Outro]
Sif El Battar, ya sahib el khir
From the old road, your name travels near
Стиль музыки
Moroccan Gnawa folk and world music, grounded guembri bass ostinato and hand-played qraqeb cycles, call-and-response group singing with a lead male voice, hypnotic cyclical groove, earthy communal energy, ornamented North African melodic phrasing, sparse opening guembri and voice expanding into layered clattering qraqeb and group responses, warm live-room ensemble recording with hand percussion clearly defined
