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  2. Rain Song (al-Sayyab) - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects ... Rain Song (انشودة ... is a famous 1960 poetry collection and Arabic poem by Badr Shakir al-Sayyab ...

  3. Kitab al-Aghani - Wikipedia

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    Abū al-Farāj claimed to have taken 50 years in writing the work, which ran to over 10,000 pages and contains more than 16,000 verses of Arabic poetry.It can be seen as having three distinct sections: the first deals with the '100 Best Songs' chosen for the caliph Harūn al-Rashīd, the second with royal composers, and the third with songs chosen by the author himself. [3]

  4. Qudud Halabiya - Wikipedia

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    The Qudud Al-Halabiya (Arabic: قدود حلبية, romanized: Qudūd Ḥalabīya, literally "musical measures of Aleppo") are traditional Syrian songs combining lyrics in Classical Arabic based on the poetry of Al-Andalus, particularly that in muwashshah form, with old religious melodies collected mainly by Aleppine musicians. [1]

  5. Al-Atlal - Wikipedia

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    Al-Atlal (Arabic: الأطلال, "The Ruins") is a poem written by the Egyptian poet Ibrahim Nagi, which later became a famous song sung by Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum in 1966. [1] The songs text was adapted by Umm Kulthum and its melody composed by the Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati [ 2 ] two years after her first song composed by Mohamed ...

  6. Arabic poetry - Wikipedia

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    The most widely read in the contemporary Middle East, [55] Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani wrote during the 1950s and 1960s on social protest and politics, and even addressed less political themes in favour love poetry, but was regarded as a cultural icon and his poems provide the lyrics for many popular songs.

  7. Galbi (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Galbi" (Arabic: قلبي, "My Heart"; Hebrew: גלבי) is an Arabic musical poem by Israeli Yemenite Aharon Amram, notably sung by fellow Israeli Yemenite singer Ofra Haza and others. The 1988 remix of the song, taken from the album Shaday, was issued as the follow-up to Haza's worldwide chart hit "Im Nin'Alu (Played in Full Remix)".

  8. Mawtini - Wikipedia

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    "Mawṭinī" (/ ˈ m ɔː t ɪ n iː / MAW-tin-ee; Arabic: موطني, lit. 'My Homeland') is an Arabic national poem by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, composed by the Lebanese musician Mohammed Flayfel in 1934, and is a popular patriotic song among the Arab people, and the official national anthem of the Republic of Iraq.

  9. Lamma Bada Yatathanna - Wikipedia

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    Lamma Bada Yatathanna (Arabic: لما بدا يتثنى) is an Arabic muwashshah of the Nahawand maqam. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The poem is considered one of the most famous Arabic pieces of its era. [ 3 ]