Variant 1
Al Sur — Maîtres du Guembri Vol. IV (Baldassarre, 1996)
Baldassarre, Antonio — liner-note translations; M’allem Sam & M’allem Hmidah (performance)
Central song in the Bel Ahmar (Red) suite of the Casablanca-school Tréq Beidaoui — Pacha Hammou is named both as the saint and the Master of the Slaughterhouse. French + English from the Al Sur booklet; Arabic original not provided. Arabic form (script and/or Latin Darija) still sought from an attested source — missing is preferred to fabrication.
Verse
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Let God be with the Pacha Hammou
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God gives the healing
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Hammou the Saint, the Master of the Slaughterhouse
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There is no other god but God
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I beg of you, Master of the Slaughterhouse
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You, who eats meat and bones
— The Hammou cycle's symbolism is around the slaughterer's intimacy with animal heat / blood — the saint as healer-by-proximity-to-the-cut.
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You, the butcher
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You, who slaughters during the day
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You, who has big knives
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Them, they want to drink the blood that You spill
Lines untranslated in Englishare shown with a “translation pending” placeholder. Other locales available: Français, العربية.