Guembri

Sidi Mimun and Lalla Mimuna — black

Bania

Also: Baniya. Sidi Mimun-suite piece in the family of Mahmoud Guinia's signature pieces. Recorded on Innov Gnawa's 'Aicha' (2018) and under the same title in Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia × James Holden's collaborations.

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Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia × James Holden

Often paired with Lalla Mimuna in Mahmoud's repertoire.

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Recorded performances

Real recordings of Bania by maâlems and groups. Curated where direct links exist; search links cover the rest.

  • Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia × James Holden

    Often paired with Lalla Mimuna in Mahmoud's repertoire.

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  • Innov Gnawa

    Aicha · 2018

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Lyrics(1 variant)

Original (العربية) · transliteration · English

  1. Variant 1

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

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

    Medium confidence

    In the Casablanca-school Tréq Beidaoui, Banya is the third song of the Bel Ahmar (Red) suite — the transition song where the white "becomes red" (Sum's Saouiri analysis assigns it to Sidi Mimun, kept as the structural suite here; the Casablanca reading is a parallel lineage). French + English from the Al Sur booklet; Arabic original not provided.

    1. Verse

      • Oh God, God, Banya

      • Lord, peace and goodwill

      • God is our Lord

      • You took us

      • What do you want from us?

      • Let us ask for help from God

      • Let us ask God to heal us

      • Salute the Master Mohammed

      • Let us seek shelter at the Banya

      • Let us go visit him

      • Pacha Hammou, Master Banya

        — Banya is here addressed as a counterpart of the Pacha Hammou — the Master of the Slaughterhouse — explicit in the Casablanca lineage's reading.

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