Jadaka al-Ghaithu

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"Jādaka al-Ghaithu" (Arabic: جَادَكَ الغَيْثُ "Good Rain Would Befit You"; incipit: جادَكَ الغيْثُ إذا الغيْثُ هَمى يا زَمانَ الوصْلِ بالأندَلُسِ) is an Andalusi Arabic muwashshah by Ibn al-Khatib.[1]

It was written as a madīh (مديح "panegyric") of Sultan Muhammad V of Granada.[2] Abd al-Halim Husayn Harrut estimates it was written in the Hijri year 769 (1367-1368) or shortly thereafter, due to the presence of the phrase al-ghanī billah (الغني بالله), a moniker used for Muhammad V after a number of victories over the Crown of Castile, the last of which occurred around 1367–1368.[2]

It is notable piece in Andalusi literature in general and the repertoire of the muwashshah genre in particular.[1]

According to the Maghrebi scholar Ahmad al-Maqqari (1577–1632) in Nafh at-Tib  [ar], "Jādaka al-Ghaithu" takes from Ibn Sahl of Seville's poem with the maṭlaʿ, or opening:[3]

هَل دَرى ظَبيُ الحِمى أَن قَد حَمى .. قَلبَ صَبٍّ حَلَّهُ عَن مَكنَسِ
فَهوَ في حَرٍّ وَخَفقٍ مِثلَما .. لَعِبَت ريحُ الصَبا بِالقَبَسِ

Music

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It has been performed by musicians such as Fairuz[4][5], Sami Yusuf[6] and Mohammad Bashir[7].

In the West, it was interpreted in 2010 by Qiyans Krets & Oscar Fredriks Kammarkör of the Oscar Fredrik Church in Sweden and recorded as "Dja Da Kall" on Echoes of Qiyan: A Nordic Excursion Into the World of Al-Andalusian, Medieval and Sephardic Music.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b الإحاطة في أخبار غرناطة. 2014-01-01. ISBN 978-2-7451-3319-9.
  2. ^ a b موشحات لسان الدين بن الخطيب : دراسة وجمع. 2012. ISBN 978-9957-38-229-2. OCLC 913152191.
  3. ^ al-Maqqari, Ahmed. نفح الطيب من غصن الأندلس الرطيب [The Breath of Perfume from the Branch of Flourishing Al-Andalus] (in Arabic). Vol. 7. p. 11.
  4. ^ Elinson, Alexander. "Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib." EHumanista, vol. 14, 2010, p. 83+. Gale OneFile: Informe Académico, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A360475347/IFME?u=columbiau&sid=IFME&xid=936a83ea. Accessed 6 Apr. 2021.
  5. ^ Menocal, María Rosa (2006-11-02). The Literature of Al-Andalus. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-03023-6.
  6. ^ Sami Yusuf (2024-11-09). Sami Yusuf - En al-Ándalus [جادك الغيث] #classicalcrossover #worldmusictraditions. Retrieved 2025-08-19 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Mohammad Bashir - محمد بشير (2023-01-26). جادك الغيث بدون موسيقى _ محمد بشير | Mohammad Bashir | Jadaka AlGhaith (Vocals Only). Retrieved 2025-08-19 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Qiyans Krets; Oscar Fredriks Kammarkör (2010), Echoes of Qiyan: A Nordic Excursion Into the World of Al-Andalusian, Medieval and Sephardic Music, retrieved 2025-09-22