Ya Hala Bil Dayf - Levantine Arabic Song

Strings by Akram Berrada, qanun by the Hiimart group, vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a folk song mainly found in Lebanon but also in Syria and Jordan. It was notably sung by singers Samira Tewkif and Layal Khaddaj. I modeled my pronunciation after Jordanian recordings of the song. The orchestration is a typical representation of Arabic Classical music as arranged in the Levant countries since the previous two centuries, with a Western string section of violins, cellos and contrabass played in a noticeably oriental manner using copious amounts of glissando and portamento on every note, instead of the Western reliance on vibrato as the standard way of playing all notes, traditional percussions, a qanun, as well as Lyrics in Arabic: ا هلا بالضيف ضيف الله ع حساب الروح اي والله