Folklore dance song from upper Egypt about the fruitful harvest bringing prosperous life and good fortune, featuring mizmar (aerophone), rababa (fiddle), arghul (double-pipe, single-reed wind instrument) and tabla. 110 bpm (Fmin)
Arranged and produced by Sayed Aziz. Sound engineer: Bassem Sobhy. Recorded at The Music Hub, Cairo, Egypt. Mixed by Peter Fuchs at INTERSOUND Studios, Munich, Germany.
Performed by Alaa Abou Serii (dofouf & choir vocals), Abd El Rahman Balala (solo main vocalist), Abdelazeem Azema (dof, req and tabla), Adel Mikha (main solo & choir vocals, handclaps), Ahmad El Ashry (tambour, choir vocals), Amin Shahin (arghoul, kawala), Amir Ezzat (daf, req, triangle), Bekhit Taki Saiid (choir), Bishoy Zakareya (choir), Emam Abou Samra (dofouf & choir vocals), John Samy (nay), Karam El Bengawy (main solo vocals), Kerolos Samy (violin), Michael Onsy (oud), Mohamad Daoud (choir vocals, oud, handclaps), Mohamad Shaker (rababa), Mohsen El Shimy (rababa), Mohsen El Ashry (semsemeya, spoons, handclaps, choir vocals), Nagah Abd El Hamid (mizmar), Hazem Abou Serii (dofouf & choir vocals), Mohamad Abou Zeid (dofouf & choir vocals), Om Sameh (main solo vocals), Ossama El Ashry (tabla, Dholla, choir vocals), Ragy Kamal (kanoun), Reda (dofouf & choir vocals), Rozza (choir vocals, dof, nogara, Sudanese bongos, handclaps), Ragy Kamal (kanoun), Saiid El Sharkawy (tabla), Sara El Rawy (main solo vocals), Sheikh Ehab Younis (solo main & choir vocals), Wael El Sayed (accordion), Walid Abdou (choir vocals & dof).
Mastered by Daniel Goodridge.
Artwork by Aikaterini Pingiou.
High palm, high palm, high palm
Your dates are like a necklace shining on your chest
High palm trees, high palm trees, and trays are full of dates
Raml, Zaghloul, Amhat, and Samani
Tomorrow I will sell the plants and achieve my dreams
And fill the house with the good things that I received
High palm high palm high palm
The water of the Nile, from which the good things flow
O brides in beauty has that has no equal
On the day of your wedding, they give you expensive gifts
A high palm tree, guards you from every enemy
I sacrifice my soul for the sake of my country
A precious land, and its love filled my heart
My parents left it for me, and I will leave it for my children
High palm, high palm, high palm
Your dates are like a necklace shining on your chest