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A Chantar m'er
Azam Ali Lyrics

A chantar m'er de so qu'eu no voleria,
tant me rancur de lui cui sui amia;
car eu l'am mais que nuilha ren que sia:
vas lui no’m val merces ni cortesia
ni ma beltatz, ni mos pretz, ni mos sens;
c'atressi'm sui enganad' e trahïa
Com degr' esser, s'eu fos dezavinens.

D'aisso’m conort, car anc non fi failhenssa,
Amics, vas vos per nuilha captenenssa;

anz vos am mais non fetz Seguis Valenssa,
e platz mi mout quez eu d'amar vos venssa,
lo mieus amics, car etz lo plus valens;
mi faitz orguoilh en digz et en parvenssa,
et si etz francs vas toutas autras gens.

Be'm meravilh com vostre cors s'orguoilha,
amics, vas me, per qu'ai razon qu'eu'm duoilha;
non es ges dreitz c'autr' amors vos mi tuoilha,
per nuilha ren qu'eu's diga ni acuoilha.
E membre vos cals fo’l comenssamens
de nostr'amor! Ja Dompnedeus non vuoilha
qu'en ma colpa sia'l departimens.

Valer mi deu mos pretz e mos paratges
e ma beltatz e plus mos fins coratges;
per qu'eu vos mandad lai on es vostr' estatges
esta chansson, que me sia messatges:
eu vuoilh saber, lo mieus bels amics gens,
per que vos m'etz tant fers ni tant salvatges;
no sai, si s'es orguoilhs o mal talens.

Mais aitan plus vuoilh li digas, messatges,
qu'en trop d'orguoilh o ant gran dan maintas gens.

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اعظم علی (Romanization: Azam Ali) was born in Iran but spent most of her early years in India before moving to the US in the mid eighties. She is a vocalist of astonishing diversity with a range covering music from the mediaeval European to the classical Eastern - Persian, Lebanese and Indian.

In November 1995, along with Greg Ellis, Ali formed Vas, producing four albums: Sunyata (1997), Offerings (1998), In the Garden of Souls (2000), and Feast of Silence (2004). Read Full Bioاعظم علی (Romanization: Azam Ali) was born in Iran but spent most of her early years in India before moving to the US in the mid eighties. She is a vocalist of astonishing diversity with a range covering music from the mediaeval European to the classical Eastern - Persian, Lebanese and Indian.

In November 1995, along with Greg Ellis, Ali formed Vas, producing four albums: Sunyata (1997), Offerings (1998), In the Garden of Souls (2000), and Feast of Silence (2004).

In 2002 she released her first solo album, Portals of Grace, which saw her expand her repertoire even farther and prove her to be equally as adept in singing in 13th century French-Provençal, Galician and Ladino as she is in Arabic.

In 2005, Ali worked on a new project called Niyaz with solo artist Carmen Rizzo and Axiom of Choice member Loga Ramin Torkian. Its self-titled album, Niyaz features Ali's vocals sung in Urdu and Farsi, backed up by more electronica-style music.

In June 2006, Ali released another latest solo album, Elysium for the Brave, where she includes English singing in her repertoire.

Azam Ali collaborated with Keyavash Nourai and Shahrokh Yadegari on the album Green Memories, released in September of 2008.

In 2011, the latest album, From Night to the Edge of Day was released. It features Ali's unique take on traditional Middle Eastern songs and lullabies.