Guembri

Houmar — red

Baba Koummy

Bel Ahmar (Red) suite — invokes the Pacha Hammou cohort: blood, slaughter, and the healing power associated with animal heat.

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Lyrics(1 variant)

Original (العربية) · transliteration · English

  1. Variant 1

    Al Sur — Maîtres du Guembri Vol. IV (Baldassarre liner notes, 1996)

    Baldassarre, Antonio — liner-note translations; M’allem Sam & M’allem Hmidah (performance)

    Medium confidence

    The Al Sur booklet prints French and English translations only; the Arabic original is not provided and needs maâlem confirmation. The Casablanca (Mersaoui) school's Tréq Beidaoui — the seven-station path centred on Bel Byad — frames this song in its suite cycle. See `bibliography.ts` entry `baldassarre-alsur-vol4`.

    1. Verse

      • Lord, heal me

      • I beg of you, he who carries a knife

        — Koummy = the curved Arab-Berber dagger — symbol of the slaughterhouse cohort.

      • Dear knife carrier

      • Life is not eternal

      • There is no other god but God

      • Heal me

      • You are the Saint, knife carrier

    Lines untranslated in Englishare shown with a “translation pending” placeholder. Other locales available: Français, العربية.

Phase 1 catalog — variants pulled from public sources for comparison; pending maâlem verification.