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CHAP. VII.i] ROMANCE OF ABOO-ZEYD.
129
pour forth their most animated sentiments, their
addresses and soliloquies, in verse. The verse is not
measured; though it is the opinion of some of the
learned in Cairo that it was originally conformed to
the prescribed measures of poetry, and that it has
been altered by copyists : still, when read, as it
always is, almost entirely in the popular (not the
literary) manner, it is pleasing in sound, as it also
often is in matter. Almost every piece of poetry
begins and ends with an invocation of blessings on
the Prophet.
The Shaer always commits his subject to memory; and recites without book. The poetry he
chants; and after every verse, he plays a few notes
on a viol which has but a single chord, and which
is called " the poet's viol," or " the Aboo-Zeydee
viol;" from its only being used in these recitations.
It has been described in a former chapter. The
reciter generally has an attendant with another
instrument of this kind, to accompany him. Sometimes, a single note serves as a prelude and interlude. To convey some idea of the style of a
Sha'er's music, I insert a few notes of the commencement of a chant:—
VOL. II.
Ma-ka, - la - tu Khadra anda
K
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000141 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. VII.i] ROMANCE OF ABOO-ZEYD. 129 pour forth their most animated sentiments, their addresses and soliloquies, in verse. The verse is not measured; though it is the opinion of some of the learned in Cairo that it was originally conformed to the prescribed measures of poetry, and that it has been altered by copyists : still, when read, as it always is, almost entirely in the popular (not the literary) manner, it is pleasing in sound, as it also often is in matter. Almost every piece of poetry begins and ends with an invocation of blessings on the Prophet. The Shaer always commits his subject to memory; and recites without book. The poetry he chants; and after every verse, he plays a few notes on a viol which has but a single chord, and which is called " the poet's viol," or " the Aboo-Zeydee viol;" from its only being used in these recitations. It has been described in a former chapter. The reciter generally has an attendant with another instrument of this kind, to accompany him. Sometimes, a single note serves as a prelude and interlude. To convey some idea of the style of a Sha'er's music, I insert a few notes of the commencement of a chant:— VOL. II. Ma-ka, - la - tu Khadra anda K |
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