August 2026

as i went through my old videos, i came across this one from the closing ceremony of a small cultural conference we had at the FSE back in 2018. in the video, you can clearly see Prof. Salmane Tarik El Alami (may he rest in peace) playing the guitar and singing a little song in plain darija. i recorded the video at the time because i had already heard him sing that song before, and i did not want to waste the second opportunity i got to save it. i had looked for it online after i first heard it and could not find it anywhere; that's how i knew it's probably original, and of his own writing. i tried to regather the lyrics from this short snippet and from what i could remember of my first time hearing it, and this is what i got. it is such a beautiful song. if anyone knows it or has heard it before, please, please contact me here.

مالك و ما مالك
و مال قلبك متهالك
رضينا بغلالك
صابر و قلبك حالك

مالك و ما مالك
و مال جسمك متهالك
رضينا بغلالك
صابر و قلبك حالك

جميلاتي فوصافك
قلبك جنان السالك
ايلا جيتي نهدي ليك
الحب و كل مانمتالك

مالك و ما مالك
و مال جسمك متهالك
رضينا بغلالك
صابر و قلبك حالك

خلي بودلال يديني
ما بغيتو يخليني
يا وجدي ايلا سجنتيني
راه غلبني سلطانك

يا عشقي ايلا سجنتيني
راه غلبني سلطانك