Cambridge Takht & The Pomegranates - El Helwa Di by Sayed Darwish - الحلوة ديه- سيد درويش

Описание: Lyrics by Badi’e Khairy

Is considered one of the most famous Arabic songs and talks about the artisans struggle with their day to day life during the economic declines in the WWI.

The song was part of a play was performed by Naguib el-Rihani's acting troupe in 1918. This was a thriving time for the theatre, with an increasing number of acting troupes competing against each other. The competition was particularly evident in the play titles, which were chosen to deliver specific messages of superiority to other acting troupes rather than reflect on play content. For example, the play title , Tell Him , was specifically geared towards announcing the troupe’s latest production. In response, another acting troupe presented the play, We Told Him; The intended meaning here being we have warned him he’ll never succeed, but went ahead anyway.

The same year, an acting troupe presented a play titled, The Best Amongst Them which promoted Naguib el-Rihani's acting troupe to respond with a play titled, Even if, meaning , despite that, we are still better.

Like the songs in the play, the lyrics are also inspired by the working-class and use the rooster’s crow as an image that conveys how water sellers are the first to roam the narrow alleyways in the early morning.


Singer: Chloe Kattar
Choir: Narjest Abouda, Enjy Samuel, Marwa Mahmoud , Sama Essa, Wiaam Hassani, Youmna Hussein, John Danial , Joseph El-Kadi
Solo Oud: Youssef Sidhom
Oud: Mohamed Nour
Ney : Salman Abdi
Violin: Mohamed Emad
Guitar: Nork Zakarian
Melodica: Emad Sidhom
Bass Guitar: Noor Noor
Tabla/Derbake: Pete Jackson-Main
Tombak: Ali Ansari
Riq: Alejandro Guizar
Duholla : Hanna Hawa
Indian Tabla: Trishant Simlai

More info about the song:
https://www.cambridgetakht.com/darwis...

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