I like this version of this song, however, the YouTube video featured Korans with AK-47s arranged together and
other nonsense. The song has nothing to do with that sort of thing.
Samaha has lyrics here.
Also, if you have a problem with the word “Allah,” get over it.
The song is good.
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Cool.
What kond of music is this?
According to Samaha’s site, it’s an “ilahija” with musical accompaniment.
It’s called ilahije and it’s Bosnian religious / spiritual music. I suppose that it’s Islamic, this song isn’t necessarily, if you take “Allah” as a name for “God.”
Anyway, I like the guitar, it reminds me of classical Spanish guitar, but with a slightly different mode and chord progression. I actually thought I’d figured it out by memory, but when I listened to the song again I realized I was slightly off. It’s not hard to get used to playing, though, but it might be an adaptation of a traditional instrument arranged for the guitar and other modern instruments.
Oops, I waited too long to respond.
I was busy trying to figure out when ilahije’s were first popularized and if musicians ever used something like this:
http://www.tresnjevka.net/tambure/tambura.jpg
Also, the version on Samaha’s site is by a different artist than this one.
Cool!
I had read before what the song was about but can not find it now. I thought that the original description I read stated that the song was about something that happened during the ottoman empire but just read today, as I searched for it again, that it is about the prophet Yusuf (although I don’t think this person was Bosnian so…).
In most cases the ilahije are not necessarily related to Islam but are generally about morals/values and a reflection about one’s love for god.
Rumi and Mevlana (?) are the major influences that originally inspired Bosnian ilahije.
Bosnians have strong sufi backgrounds in their traditions – although most Bosnians are ignorant to this. I guess we’re kind of like .. closet sufis
Although, Bosnians that understand this aspect also like to say that one can’t proclaim themselves a sufi but rather one can aspire to being sufi by following the sufi path.
I see… sufi..
Well, you know how I feel about dancing to KMFDM, but I guess the whirling dance is different.
“Rumi and Mevlana (?) are the major influences that originally inspired Bosnian ilahije.”
I thought Rumi was Maulana.
Rumi is a Maulana – not the only Maulana…. I have to find the info video about ilahije – watch it again and come back and report.
Hello samaha. How are you?