Ya Moulay Muhammad

Date recorded: September 28, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: ar-Riffi, Abdellatif; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: lullaby, sacred song

Culture: Moroccan, Riffians

Instruments: voice

Setting: The home of Abdellatif ar-Riffi

Location: Fez, Fès-Meknès, Morocco

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3001

Track Number: 15

Archive ID: T3001R15

Note: Text and translation: "Allah (God...) La ilaha ila allah (There is no God but God) Allhuma salli wa salam 'aan-Nabi, Moulay Muhammadi (Oh God, prayer and peace be upon the Prophet, noble Muhammad) Ya an-nabi al-'arabi, ya Moulay Muhammad (Oh, the Arab Prophet, Oh noble Muhammad) La ilaha ila allah, Muhammad rasul allah (There is no God but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God)" …repeated.

Belongs to: Fes IV 9/67

About the session: Folk hymns and lullabies sung by Abdellatif ar-Riffi, an 18 year old student in Fes, originally from a mixed Arab-Amazigh family from the Rif, near Nador. He sings both in Moroccan Arabic and in Tarifit, the Amazigh language of the Rif Mountains. Riffi is an 18-year-old engineering student who lives precariously in the medina, from region de Nadore.

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