Ke'si wa Xemri

from LOVE by Nebal Maysaud

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Keira Elaine Jett as Rabi’a Al-Adawiyya
Madeleine Moran as traveler
Lorna Stephens as traveler
Sam Stone as holy soldier
Nolan Ramirez as Abdullah Kurdi
Anmol Gupta as David
Yonah Barany as Hasan al-Basri
Alex Quackenbush as holy soldier
Brian Mironer, percussion
Kelci Page, percussion

lyrics

Kɛʔsi wɑ Xɛmri
Kɛʔsi wɑ Xɛmri w’ɛl nadimu θɛlæθɑtun,
w’ʕɑnel mɑ’ʃuqɐtufɪ’l mɑħɑbɑti: Rɑbiʔɑ.
Kɛʔsu’l mɑsɑrɑti w’ɛl nʕimi judirɪhɑ,
sɑqɪl mudæmi ʕlel medɐ mutɐtæbiʕ.
Fɛʔiðɑ nɑˈðˤɑrtu felɐ ʔʊrɐ ʔɪlɑ lɑhu,
wɛʔiðɑ ħɛdˤartu felɐ ʔʊrɐ ʔɪlɑ mʔɑ.
jɑʕðɪli! ʔɪni ʔuħɪbu dʒɛˈmælɑhu!
tɑlɑhi, maʔʊðni liʕðlikɑ sæmiʕ!
kɛmbɪtumɪn ħɪ̈rɑqi, wɑ fɑrtˤi tʕˈʔaluqi,
ʔʊdʒri ʕjunɑ mɪn ʕjunɪl dæmiʕ?
lɑxabrɑti tɑrqɑ wɛla wɑsˤlilɑhu
jɛbqɑ wɛla ʕjnil qɑriħɑ hædʒiʕ

(My cup, my wine, and my partner make three,
And I, who long for the beloved am: the fourth.
The cup of pleasure and bliss is passed around,
By the bearer of wine, again and again.
If I look, I am not seen, except by him.
If I am present, I am not seen, except with him.

Oh, you who mock me! I love their beauty!
By Allah, my ears do not hear your voice!
How many nights, burning from passion,
Have fountains flowed from my eyes?
My tears do not dry, nor does my union with him
Endure, and my eyes will never rest peacefully.)

-Rabi’a Al-Adawiyya

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from LOVE, released August 4, 2017

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Nebal Maysaud Washington, D.C.

Knave. Culture war grifter. they/them. Free Palestine

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