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Download/Stream 'Barakah' (Deluxe Version) Watch Sami's Official YouTube playlist – Join Sami Yusuf on Spotify and add your favourite tracks to your personal playlist – Subscribe to Andante Records official YouTube channel Follow Sami Yusuf on: DESCRIPTION Dastgāh: Shūr (Avaz-e Abū ‘Atā) Commentary: This beautiful song comes from the Kurdish Qadiri zawiyas (Sufi centers) of Western Iran. It is a traditional devotional piece expressing love of the Prophet and longing to visit Medina. The original words are in Kurdish but additional verses in Persian, Turkish and Arabic have been added. The traditional khānghāh daf rhythm of “Ḥay Allah, Ḥay Allah” is incorporated into this piece with a time signature of 10/8. *This section (till the Kurdish refrain) is an entirely new composition added by Sami Yusuf with words by Payam Azizi. To learn more about this piece download the full album and 27 page digital booklet from here: iTunes Learn more about “Barakah“ here CREDITS Performed & arranged by Sami Yusuf Kurdish words by Mohamed Azizi Additional Kurdish words by Payam Azizi Arabic words by Dr. Imed Nsiri Music: Traditional Islamic (from Kurdistan region) Additional composition by Sami Yusuf Recorded @ Andante Studios Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios Published by Andante Records & Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World Executive Producer Sami Yusuf Director Saleh Nass Producer AKKASA Production 1st AD Mustafa Al Lawati DOP Mohammed Al Harthy Cinematography and Steadycam Operator Malik Al Kindi Camera Assistant Ahmed Al Harbi Drone Operator Mohammed Al Ghafri Filming Locations Omar Al Busaidi Hilal Al Ghadani Photography Abdulrahim Al Kindi Makeup Artist Basheer Abboud Production Manager Salim Al Abri Video Editing & Post Production by Omar Habib @ Andante Studios Colour Grading @ Elements Cine Productions Destination Partner: Ministry Of Tourism, Sultanate of Oman Official Airline Sponsor: Oman Air Hospitality Partner: Omran, Alila Jabal Akhdar, Ras Al Jinz Scientific Center Ground-handling & guide support: Elite Travel & Tourism Filming Sponsor: Akkasa LYRICS Kurdish Yā Rasūla l-Lāh O Messenger of God, Yā shay Medina O Prince of Medina Har kas ‘ashgta Don't break the heart of the one Dili mashkina Who loves you and is crazed for you Bechmam Madīna, beīsem bepā wā I will go to Medina and openly express to the Prophet Arza bam bedas Rasūl-a-Allāh wā My inner heart-felt desire to serve Him Kurdish (refrain) Yā Rasūla l-Lāh Yā shay Medina O Messenger of God, O Prince of Medina Har kas ‘ashgta Dili mashkina Don't break the heart of the one Who loves you and is crazed for you Arabic Yā Rasūla l-Lāh O Messenger of Allāh Qalbī mushtāq My heart is longing Li-l-Madīnah For Medina Yā Ḥabība l-Lāh O Beloved of Allah Kullī ’ashwāq All my earnings Li-l-Madīnah Are for Medina Li-Nabīyi l-Lāh For the Prophet of Allah Muddat bi-r-rajā’ ’ayādīnā Our hands are extended in hope Mā taruddanā yā Rasūla l-Lāh khā’ibīna O Messenger of Allah, our beloved, do not us send back empty-handed Kurdish Yā Rasūla l-Lāh, Bawanem, Nawet chand khowsha* O Messenger of God, How beautiful is your name ‘Araghet golah bawanem, Būnet wa nawsha The blessed beads of sweat from your luminous body, smell of flowers Har wak hājiyān bawānem, La dowr baytu l-Lāh bawanem Like the pilgrims who circumambulate the House of God O my all, my beloved Bīm ba dawrī to ‘azīzam, I'd circle around you, my dearest one, Yā Nabī, Yā Shafī’ O Prophet of God, O Intercessor! Copyright of Andante Records. All rights reserved. #YaRasulAllah #YaRasulAllahP1 #SYBarakah #samiyusuf #spiritique #Tradition
