Poetry of Harmony

January 30, 2006

“In Islam, religious songs are designated by the generic term ‘inshad’, from the root ‘n-s-h-d’, meaning to aspire to something, or to seek, to have an aim, to go in search of something. The word ‘nashid’, formed from the same root, means a hymn or a canticle, and a ‘munshid’ is a hymn-singer or cantor… The mystic poets most frequently encountered in this repertoire include ibn al-Farid, al-Nablusi, al-Barzanji, al-Bura’i, and al-Busiri [May Allah Sanctify Their Secret]”

— From the information booklet of The Path Of Ecstasy CD .

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