The members of the Ibn Arabi Ensemble is born from Sufi families in Tangier… Read Full Bio ↴The members of the Ibn Arabi Ensemble is born from Sufi families in Tangier. So it's no surprise that it was exposed to the Sama chants -- the sacred song of the Sufi sect of Islam -- ever since they were young children. Ahmed Kelig, founder of the group, has formed an original ensemble that encompasses a Moroccan musical tradition in which the plaintive melodies of the ney (end-blown flute), the rhythms of the bendir (Moroccan snare-drum), and the tones of the chants evoke the deep spirituality of the Sufi sect.

Leïla A Pris Ma Raison
Ensemble Ibn Arabi Lyrics

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سَلَبَتْ لَيْلَىٰ
مِنِّيَ العَقْلَ
قُلْتُ يا لَيْلَىٰ
إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ، إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ

حُبُهَا مَكْنُونْ
في الحَشَا مَخْزونْ
أيُّهَا المَفْتُونْ

قِم بِنا ذُلا، قِم بِنا ذُلا

إنّنِي هَائِم
ولَها خَادِم
أيُّها اللائِم
خَلِّنِي مَهْلا، خَلِّنِي مَهْلا

لَزِمْتُ الأعْتَابْ
وطَرَقْتُ البَابْ
قُلتُ للبَوابْ
هَل تَرَىٰ وصلا، هَل تَرَىٰ وصلا

قَالَ لي يا صَاحْ
مَهْرُهَا الأرْوَاحْ
كَمْ مُحِبٍ راحْ، راحْ
يَعْشَقِ القَتْلىٰ، يَعْشَقِ القَتْلىٰ

أيُّها العاشِقْ
إنْ تَكُنْ صادِقْ
للسِوىٰ فارِقْ
تَغْتَنِمْ وَصْل، تَغْتَنِمْ وَصْل

سَلَبَتْ لَيْلَىٰ
مِنِّيَ العَقْلَ

قُلْتُ يا لَيْلَىٰ
إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ, إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ، إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ

Overall Meaning

The song "Leïla A Pris Ma Raison" by Ensemble Ibn Arabi is a song that speaks of the singer's love for Leïla, a woman who has taken his reason away. He begs her to have mercy on the dead, and to lower them down gently. The lyrics reveal the singer's hopelessness and his willingness to be humiliated just to be with Leïla. The singer is lost, and he serves Leïla as her servant. He implores her to let him wait a while, and to give him a little hope. The song speaks to the theme of a love that is obsessive, all-consuming and a desire to lose oneself in the beloved, even if it means losing one's senses or reason.

Line by Line Meaning

سَلَبَتْ لَيْلَىٰ
Leïla has stolen from me

مِنِّيَ العَقْلَ
My reason, my sense

قُلْتُ يا لَيْلَىٰ
I said, oh Leïla

إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ، إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ
Have mercy on the slain, have mercy on the slain

حُبُهَا مَكْنُونْ
Her love is hidden

في الحَشَا مَخْزونْ
In the night, stored

أيُّهَا المَفْتُونْ
Oh you who are obsessed

قِم بِنا ذُلا، قِم بِنا ذُلا
Humble us, humble us

إنّنِي هَائِم
I am lost

ولَها خَادِم
And she has a servant

أيُّها اللائِم
Oh you who blame her

خَلِّنِي مَهْلا، خَلِّنِي مَهْلا
Leave me be for awhile, leave me be for awhile

لَزِمْتُ الأعْتَابْ
I have come to the door

وطَرَقْتُ البَابْ
And I knocked on it

قُلتُ للبَوابْ
I said to the gatekeeper

هَل تَرَىٰ وصلا، هَل تَرَىٰ وصلا
Do you see any sign of her, do you see any sign of her

قَالَ لي يا صَاحْ
He said to me, oh caller

مَهْرُهَا الأرْوَاحْ
Her dowry is souls

كَمْ مُحِبٍ راحْ، راحْ
How many lovers have gone, have gone

يَعْشَقِ القَتْلىٰ، يَعْشَقِ القَتْلىٰ
Who love the slain, who love the slain

أيُّها العاشِقْ
Oh lover

إنْ تَكُنْ صادِقْ
If you are truthful

للسِوىٰ فارِقْ
Leave aside all else

تَغْتَنِمْ وَصْل، تَغْتَنِمْ وَصْل
Seize the opportunity, seize the opportunity

إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ, إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ، إرْحَمِي القَتْلَىٰ
Have mercy on the slain, have mercy on the slain, have mercy on the slain

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سلبت ليلى مني العقل
قلت يا ليلى إرحمي القتلى
حبها مكنون في الحشا مخزون
أيها المفتون قم بنا ذلا
إنني هائم ولها خادم
أيها اللائم خلني مهلا
لزمت الأعتاب وقرعت الباب
قلت للبواب هلى ترى وصلا ؟
قال لي يا صاح مهرها الأرواح
كم محب راح يعشق القتلى
أيها العاشق إن تكن صادق
للسوى فارق تغتنم وصلا
سلبت ليلى مني العقل
قلت يا ليلى ارحمي القتلى