Скачать или смотреть Lament for Al-Andalus - Epic Arabic Music

Vocals by Youssuf Nasser, oud by Mohab Attalah, ney and kawala by Peter Iskander, arrangement by Farya Faraji. The melody is not mine but based on traditional recitations of this poem using this melodic motif.

This is a poem by Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi, who lived in Al-Andalus in the 13th century and saw its conquest to the Catholics during the Reconquista, an event he laments in this poem, giving us an insight into the contemporary Muslim view of the conflict.

The maqam used here is Bayat, and the instruments are basic ones from the Arab world and used in Andalusian music of the Middle-Ages; a frame drum, oud, and two traditional Arabic flutes; the ney and kawalla.