{"id":151,"date":"2012-10-13T04:53:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T09:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=151"},"modified":"2015-12-30T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:59:06","slug":"songs-from-the-former-andalus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2012\/10\/13\/songs-from-the-former-andalus\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs from Andalus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fado: Casa de Fados<\/h2>\n<h5>(from Carlos Saura&#8217;s film\u00a0Fados)<\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Nbf-ahN5Vo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics (from the film&#8217;s subtitles):<\/p>\n<h6>First singer:<\/h6>\n<h6>A lost friendship can never return<\/h6>\n<h6>It&#8217;s a forged firendship<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0That jokingly comes and goes<\/h6>\n<h6>It&#8217;s a forged friendship<\/h6>\n<h6>that jokingly comes and goes<\/h6>\n<h6>No one gives a thing<\/h6>\n<h6>If behind that gesture there is no value<\/h6>\n<h6>Only a friend can give love without receiveing<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Second:<\/h6>\n<h6>My mother I sing tonight<\/h6>\n<h6>For the day has punished me<\/h6>\n<h6>And in the silence of things<\/h6>\n<h6>I find a friendly voice<\/h6>\n<h6>And in the silence of things<\/h6>\n<h6>I find a friendly voice<\/h6>\n<h6>My mother I cry tonight<\/h6>\n<h6>for the love I am drowning in<\/h6>\n<h6>For the words of life<\/h6>\n<h6>Have no other world<\/h6>\n<h6>For I am this song<\/h6>\n<h6>Mother, So hurt<\/h6>\n<h6>I wear this body at night<\/h6>\n<h6>without fate but with fado<\/h6>\n<h6>I wear this body at night<\/h6>\n<h6>without fate but with fado<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Third:<\/h6>\n<h6>Maybe fado will tell me what no one wants to say<\/h6>\n<h6>That is why I chase it so that I may understand myself<\/h6>\n<h6>That is why I chase it so that I may understand myself<\/h6>\n<h6>My love I have sung<\/h6>\n<h6>Under the last sky<\/h6>\n<h6>Because I surrender myself in every last fado as if it were the first<\/h6>\n<h6>Maybe fado does not ask me for everything I give it<\/h6>\n<h6>So even when I forget<\/h6>\n<h6>It does not forget me<\/h6>\n<h6>So even when I forget<\/h6>\n<h6>It does not forget me<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Carminho (my favorite):<\/div>\n<div>I cried for not seeing you<\/div>\n<div>For seeing you I cry<\/div>\n<div>I cried for not seeing you<\/div>\n<div>For seeing you I now cry<\/div>\n<div>Harder for wanting<\/div>\n<div>Wanting to see you all the time<\/div>\n<div>Time rushes past<\/div>\n<div>When you talk and I listen<\/div>\n<div>But the hours of our life<\/div>\n<div>Each has a moment<\/div>\n<div>Stay beside me<\/div>\n<div>And never leave<\/div>\n<div>So that my heart poor thing<\/div>\n<div>May live life in an hour<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>So that my heart poor thing<\/div>\n<div>May live life in an hour<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Riberio:<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not be afraid of fame, ill-famed Alfama<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not be afraid of fame, ill-famed Alfama<\/h6>\n<h6>Fame sometimes defames good honorable people<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Other guy:<\/h6>\n<h6>Fadistas come with me<\/h6>\n<h6>Listen to the street fado<\/h6>\n<h6>And sing a street duel<\/h6>\n<h6>In a charming ancient quarter<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Riberio:<\/h6>\n<h6>Let&#8217;s go as I have said<\/h6>\n<h6>You will see when the day dawns<\/h6>\n<h6>How fun the revelry was<\/h6>\n<h6>In the old Alfama quarter<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not be afraid of fame ill-famed Alfama<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Other guy:<\/h6>\n<h6>I know of the world you speak<\/h6>\n<h6>But surely I know wrong<\/h6>\n<h6>I know what the world is saying<\/h6>\n<h6>But surely out of spite<\/h6>\n<h6>For was it always not true<\/h6>\n<h6>That tales were told?<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0Many people there lived<\/h6>\n<h6>Very quiet lives<\/h6>\n<h6>Which in a spiteful way are muddied<\/h6>\n<h6>Fame<\/h6>\n<h6>Sometimes defames<\/h6>\n<h6>Good honorable people<\/h6>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Flamenco: Camar\u00f3n-Rosa Maria<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AdBxXNmTXfI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(rough translation of the lyrics)<\/p>\n<div id=\"new_selection_block0.41330925351940095\">\n<p>Country Wildflowers<br \/>\nWater from the clear lagoon<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s how I describe\u00a0the colors of your face<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Maria,\u00a0Rosa Maria<br \/>\nif you loved me, how happy I would be<\/p>\n<p>I envy the flowers<br \/>\nthe mirror where you look<br \/>\nthe brush of your hair<br \/>\nand the air that you breathe<br \/>\nand the air that you breathe<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Maria,\u00a0Rosa Maria<br \/>\nif you loved me, how happy I would be<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s joy and beauty<br \/>\nand grace in her walk<br \/>\nand even your laugh is beautiful<br \/>\nand different from the rest<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Maria,\u00a0Rosa Maria<br \/>\nif you loved me, how happy I would be<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Maria,\u00a0Rosa Maria<br \/>\nif you loved me, how happy I would be<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Camar\u00f3n and Paco de Lucia por Siguriyas<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fjGtghxtgjk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Andalusian mawwal: Omar Metioui-El secreto encuentro<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_nSljtor7bY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Lyrics from Ibn &#8216;Arabi&#8217;s tarjuman al-ashwaq:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u0623\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u0646\u0633\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u062d \u0628\u0644\u063a \u0645\u0647\u0627 \u0646\u062c\u062f \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0628\u0623\u0646\u064a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0639\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0647\u062f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u0641\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u062d\u0642\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0642\u0648\u0644 \u0648 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0625\u0644\u064a\u0651 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0628\u0631\u0651\u062d \u0645\u0627 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u064a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u0625\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0641\u0641\u064a \u062d\u0631\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0647\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0646\u0644\u062a\u0642\u064a \u00a0 \u00a0\u0628\u062e\u064a\u0645\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0633\u0631\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0623\u0635\u062f\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0639\u062f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6>translation:<\/h6>\n<h6>O Morning breeze, go tell the gazelles of Najd<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0 \u00a0that, &#8220;I&#8217;m true to the vow you know of&#8221;<\/h6>\n<h6>And if what she says is true and she<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0 \u00a0has for me the desperate longing\u00a0I have<\/h6>\n<h6>for her, then in the heat of noon we&#8217;ll meet<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0 \u00a0in her tent secretly, with the most sincere promise<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fado: Casa de Fados (from Carlos Saura&#8217;s film\u00a0Fados) &nbsp; 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