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Arabic songs

العربية

Muwashshahat, nasheeds and classical poems that are still sung.

Songbook: full text with translation

Lamma Bada Yatathannaلما بدا يتثنىTraditional (attributed to Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib or to Muhammad Abd al-Rahim al-Maslub) · traditional (first recorded c. 1910)Video Nahj al-Burda (Rim 'ala al-Qa')نهج البردةAhmed Shawqi · 1910Video Qasidat al-Burda (opening verses)قصيدة البردةSharaf al-Din al-Busiri · 13th centuryVideo Tala' al-Badru 'Alaynaطلع البدر عليناTraditional · traditional (attributed to 622 CE)Video

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