Najib Al-Sarraj

Most Beautiful Songs

• Shu Raa'yak Law Tsma' Mnni Shu Sar (Will You Hear From Me What Happened?)
• La Tsalni (Don't Ask Me)
• Min Habbak Min (Who Loved You, Who?)
• Ainaki Zalimati Fkayfa Hawaki (Your Eyes Are My Oppressors, So How Is Your Love?)

• Koul Lli Baa'i Li Mn Hayati (All That Is Left For Me in My Life)
• A'oul Kaman (Say More)
• A'la Dawo Al Shama'a Katbtlo Maktoub (By Candlelight, I Wrote Him a Letter)
• Ykfani Mnnak Ahla Gharam (Your Sweetest Love is Enough For Me)

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A compilation cassette by Mohammed Al Masri (Bulbul Sharq) featuring classic recordings from the repertoire of Syrian artist Najib al-Sarraj. Najib Al-Sarraj (1923-2003) was a Hama born Syrian musician and composer famous for his popular folk songs. He began his journey by playing the Oud, and studied the principles of musical notation in Damascus. His keen interest in the modern song (monologue) and the poem, eventually led him to become one of the most brilliant Syrian composers of the modern romantic poem. With his 1958 composition The House of the Beloved, he was considered the first to compose music from a poem by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani. Al-Sarraj composed for a number of male and female singers, most notably: Mary Gibran, Maha Al-Jabri and Yassin Mahmoud. He recorded songs for the Near East Broadcasting Station, New York based Arab-American label Alamphon, and later, in 1952, for Voice of the Arabs radio in Cairo. He also produced and acted in the 1972 Syrian film Al Musafer. Mohammed Abdel Wahhab once described Al-Sarraj as ‘Syria's Abdel Wahhab.’