Name: Râhé Nour
Duration: P00H03M57S
Description: This moving lamentation by Aïda, accompanied on electric piano by Aristide Gonçalves, is an adaptation of a poem by Farid al-Din Attar, a mystical Persian poet from the 13th century. It reflects an exalting distress that only a Sufi master can express and that only a powerful voice can do justice to, between sorrow and consolation.

Râhé Nour

from Sowal Diabi by De Kaboul A Bamako

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This moving lamentation by Aïda, accompanied on electric piano by Aristide Gonçalves, is an adaptation of a poem by Farid al-Din Attar, a mystical Persian poet from the 13th century. It reflects an exalting distress that only a Sufi master can express and that only a powerful voice can do justice to, between sorrow and consolation.

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Aïda Nosrat :
Whichever way shall I go?
To the tavern or the mosque?
For me, the man in need
Both are barred
They don’t want me in the mosque
“He’s a knave!”
They ban me from the tavern
“He’s a silly drunkard!”
Between the mosque and the tavern
There is a path
O dear ones, look out for
This path, find it
In the tavern, the Imam
Has passed-out drunk
I don’t know what to call
Such an idol
My sacred place this very day
Is the tavern
My drinking companion is the Judge
And my cupbearer, the Imam
Go, 'Attar, for only
He knows
Who is the leader
And who is the wanderer

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from Sowal Diabi, released February 4, 2022
Aïda Nosrat : Vocals
Aristide Gonçalves : Keyboard

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De Kaboul A Bamako Paris, France

“Sowal” means “question” in Persian, “diabi” means “answer” in Bambara. Sowal Diabi brings together artists that have all experienced exile, physical or cultural: Malian singer Mamani Keita, Iranian singer Aïda Nosrat, her compatriot Sogol Mirzaei playing the târ (lute), Afghan tabla-player Siar Hashimi, Kurdish stranbej (virtuoso singer) Ruşan Filiztek and French Ethio-jazz group Arat Kilo ... more

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