Ghorfa (Room)

from Dancing For No One by KAYAN Project

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Poem by Nizar Qabbani
Music and vocals by Eden Cami

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lyrics

Room (Nizar Qabbani) // Adaptation by Raphaëlle Oskar

Oh, room
All it holds is harmony
Dreaming,
The walls tell of love
As does the light…
And the breezes.
Disbanded and huddled
are your womanly things.

The perfume bottle weeping,
And the somber scarf,
The deserted necklace,
Heavy with relentless urge,
And that bracelet mourning our love…
Just like the ring.
The veil from the corner summoning me
fine
faint
fragrance
on its threads
Unfolding

And those nimble dresses
Season into season
Red blouse,
Ravishing like fire
Bright dress
Dark dress

The view inflames my hell
Bound by blossoms
You behind it
Lashes on the silky face
And a quiet smile
Confused is the painter!
As though you were here,
A spirit…
In a mellow voice.
Is it you by my side?
Or that delusive sight?

Lure of dusk, oh, Samra
What an unjust thirst
return to me
above the clouds
meet me
do not go away from me
without you
all would cease to be

غرفه نزار قباني

يا غرفةً .. جميع ما
فيها نسيقٌ .. حالم
تروي الهوى جدرانها
والنور .. والنسائم
أشياؤك الأنثى بها
نثيرةٌ .. تزاحم
فدورق العبير يبكي
والوشاح واجم
وعقدك التريك
أشجاه الحنين الدائم
وذلك السوار يبكي
حبنا .. والخاتم
في الركن منديلٌ .. يناديني
شفيفٌ فاغم
ما زال في خيوطه
منك عبيرٌ هائم
وتلك أثواب الهوى
مواسمٌ .. مواسم
هذا قميصٌ أحمرٌ
كالنار لا يقاوم
وثم ثوبٌ فاقعٌ
وثم ثوبٌ قاتم
تذكي جحيمي صورةٌ
تلفها البراعم
وأنت من ورائها
هدبٌ .. ووجهٌ ناعم
ومبسمٌ ململمٌ
يحار فيه الراسم
كأنما أنت هنا ..
طيفٌ .. وصوتٌ ناغم
أنت التي في جانبي
أم الإطار الواهم
***
سمراء .. يا سمراء .. بي
إليك شوقٌ ظالم
عودي ! على ضفائر الغيم
اللقاء القادم ..
لا تتركيني .. لم يكن
لولاك هذا العالم ..

credits

from Dancing For No One, released December 10, 2021
Or Rozenfeld - Double bass
Wassim Mukdad - Oud
Borys Slowikowski - Percussion
Tal Yadin - A. Guitar
Farhang Moshtagh - Kamanche
Recording Technician: Bob Spencer
Mix - Liad Vanounou
Master - Guy James Cohen

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KAYAN Project Berlin, Germany

Out of Berlin’s bustling music scene come the authentic-unique sounds of KAYAN, a group dedicated to folk music from the Levant, combining jazz elements and singing in languages that rarely come together in a positive context: Arabic, Hebrew.

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