Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The song\u2019s origins lie in 17th-century Yemen, where the lyrics were written by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, a revered scholar and kabbalist; he left behind 850 poems written in Hebrew and Arabic (it\u2019s thought he may have written around 15,000), though his life remains shrouded in mystery. Shabazi\u2019s poems were often set to music and sung and danced to at weddings and celebrations throughout Yemen. His poetry was both celestial and cosmic, romantic and religious, as in the opening lines of \u201cIm Nin\u2019Alu\u201d, which express a transcendent yearning for redemption: \u201cIf there be no mercy left in the world\/The doors of heaven will never be barred.\u201dForty years ago, when Haza released \u201cIm Nin\u2019Alu\u201d, it was the dawn of what became known as world music, and the song has gone on to become a truly global phenomenon. Perhaps this is music\u2019s greatest gift to humanity: its ability to bridge time, space, cultures and sounds. As Shalom Shabazi wrote 400 years earlier: \u201cAnd with their free wings sweetly sing\/Together, in unison.\u201dLet us know your memories of \u2018Im Nin\u2019Alu\u2019 in the comments section belowThe paperback edition of \u2018The Life of a Song: The stories behind 100 of the world\u2019s best-loved songs\u2019, edited by David Cheal and Jan Dalley, is published by ChambersMusic credits: Hed Arzi; Universal;\u00a0Fono M\u00fczik; Nettwerk; Music 4me; Six Degrees; Warner; United; Altra Moda;\u00a0Eliyahu Sills;\u00a0Piranha Musik; Anzic; VLB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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