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Water and Air

from Fragments by Yoni Avi Battat

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Music by Yoni Avi Battat / Text by Anwar Sha’ul

Anwar Sha’ul was an Iraqi-Jewish journalist, author, and poet. Born in 1904, he remained in Baghdad until 1971, long after the vast majority of Jews left. In 1969, he represented Iraq at the international conference of Arab writers, where he recited a poem expressing his love for Iraq and his connection with Arab culture. An excerpt from his poem comprises the text of this vocal improvisation.

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فعلى الفرات طفولتي قد أزهرت
وبدجلة نهل الشباب الريق
قلبي بحب بني العروبة يخفق
وفمي بضادهم يشيد وينطق
أولست منهم منبتا وأرومة
قد ضمنا الماضي البعيد الاوثق
ربطت مصائرنا الحياة بموطن
هو ماؤنا وهواؤنا والرونق

My childhood blossomed on the waters of the Euphrates,
And the days of my youth drank of the Tigris
My heart beats with love of the Arabs,
My mouth proudly speaks their language
Do not they and I share a common source?
The distant past drew us together
Our fates have been bound together in a radiant homeland
Which is like water and air to us.

Translated by Reuven Snir

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from Fragments, released September 2, 2022
Yoni Avi Battat: vocal, viola
James Heazlewood Dale: bass

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Yoni Avi Battat Boston, Massachusetts

Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer specializing in contemporary and traditional Jewish music from Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He maintains an active performance schedule across the country, playing violin, viola, and oud in collaborative and interdisciplinary projects spanning a wide range of styles. ... more

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