#zajal

[cazort]

This combination works unbelievably well. Zajal is an Arabic tradition going back at least around a thousand years in which you recite poetry in a colloquial dialect, and it is often improvised and performed in a back-and-forth debate or "battle". It is most active in Lebanon although a lot of countries have traditions of this too.

Basically this tradition is like a thousand-year-old battle rap tradition so it blends seamlessly with rap.

I seriously want the fusion of this tradition with rap to be more of a thing, this remix slaps. Also, what they are talking about kinda fits with the vibe / spirit of rap battles too.

[malakkc-poetry]

Win ... Winner

Win, winner, winning, wondrous will

Evades all that demeaning pill

Of impotence that drives up hill.

Anger and repression gather

Within, turning into jailor

Who magnifies overflowing fear

Bundled into explosive frill.

Be the winner and overcome

Others' views. Implement love's

Power, strength, and destroy spite

In a tsunami blazing spill.

Be the winner of fight for light,

Engrossed in a peaceful fight,

That shines serenity, a delight

Blinds unrevocably faith's quill.

[bnt-2dadheen]

يا الله، يا حسين، يا علي؛ يا حظّي فينك؟ يا ليل الـقمرة، وسهاد الـنّجوم؛ صبري مكفهّر، وهواني مسجون؛ راني غريبة، منسيَّا بين الخُطَّاب، كلمة نين قالوها، وگلبي مفتون. كل واحد وسيدو، وأنا لا ليا مخدوم، قصّتي ضاعت، فحكاية بلا سند ولا شتور، زَهري خَفى، كي المَطر فْوسط العْتام، والنّاس تْفرَح، وانا قلبي مِسْعُور.

وِين نمشي؟ قلوب ولات صَفرا، كلامهم كوِي، ما فيه زَهرة. ما بقاش الّي يقدر نْوار اللّي فايا، صَوتي يُنَادِي فْصَحْرَا، بلا مَجْرى. قُلبي، يَا قَلبِي، كُون نْسِيّ اللّيام، رَزقي تَاهْ، فخُطاوي بْلا مِقياس. سِرّي تفَتَّق، وشُهُودي غَايبين، وربي عَلِيم، بيّا وبالّي فَات.

[hikikomoridrumlab]

Code that changes itself as it runs

[micho82]

Must watch!! 😍😍 #Hiphop meets #Lebanese #zajal - the come-back 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 #old is #gold #hit #song #music #art #lebanon #mix

[micho82]

Must-see!!!! When Hip Hop meets zajal!!! Amazingly mixed, watched till the end. 🇱🇧 Vs 🇺🇸 #hiphop #music #hit #songs #zajal #lebanese #lebanon #love #mix

[foundlandblog]

#songswritteninhotelrooms “Snorting cocaine made me miserable, my tears are falling, my heart is sad” translations from the #alixanaffcollection Khaddaj zajal song lyrics from 1950’s - research for #thenewworld launching this week #arabic #songs #lyrics #translation #zajal (at Centre Pompidou)

[foundlandblog]

Happening now, Maher on darbuka, Morhaf and Hamdo singing, Bird Songs 🕊from the archival material of Amer and Adla Khadaj #foundlandeverywhere #thenewworld #zajal #ياطير زجل #arabicsongs #recording #دربكة #naffcollection #foundland (at Amsterdam, Netherlands)