Al-Fiyyashiyya - Moroccan Song

Vocals and arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a song by the Moroccan poet Sidi Othman ibn Yahya Cherki (known as “Sidi Bahloul Cherki”) in the 1600’s, and a great example of the Maghrebi genre of malhoun—a genre of Sufi music popular amongst merchants in the Maghreb. It is still performed by Moroccan Sufis to this day, and has also entered the mainstream Moroccan culture as a traditional song of the nation.