moon came out

In an interview with Ustad Tayeb Salih in 1988, the great novelist was asked which songs he loved most in his heart. His answer was (Talaat al-Qamar) and he mentioned that he often repeats it and sings it himself.

  The poet of this song is Fatima Bint Ahmed Muhammad Nour El-Din, nicknamed Shay Bit Ahmed, a resident of the village of Fedasi, and this song was organized after the wedding of her cousin Al-Khair Wad Saleh, which is in the village of Wad Karar, one of the villages of the island that is located within the project. The occasion was in the late first half of the twentieth century, and perhaps its people called it tea because of the pride and rarity of tea at that time, and only the elite and a certain stratum of society took it.

During one of the visits of the great artist Aisha Al-Falati, Loud Madani, in the fifties of the last century, she found people chanting this song. The program across Sudan, which was the cause of its spread and penetration into the Sudanese conscience.

Here are the lyrics of this timeless heritage song.

The good moon came out, my dinner

Lake Al-Bunya sang, crocodile, Ab Kablo, Al-Harber Al-Layya

It swallows me, I have a grandfather, I have a grandfather

The girls sang to you, O Daw of the tribe, O masked detectors

Everyone see you, unemployed runway

Look at the small and see the active ones

In the Diwan Lavi Shalo

Oh Darin, you know how?

In generosity, there is no example

Look at the child and see his talk, and in the court he hanged his hat

O Ashman, if you are a ghetto

Brq Zol from Gneto.

I will try to explain some of its words, even though I am not a critic or a writer, but rather my luck in that field does not exceed (people of my Quraiti went), but my passion for this song since my childhood made me meditate on its vocabulary and the wonderful contents and similes it contained.

The poet began her words with the phrase Talaat al-Qamar, and we have to stop for a while at this phrase and contemplate what the moon means in that time when people did not know electricity and bright lights. It is used only in wedding ceremonies, and here the value of the moon in displacing the dark and desolate night stands out. The moon means to them people and the sun, and the children fly around the grandmother to tell them Sudanese legends and riddles.. and the moon means to Bud, Shaleel, Weno, Al-Rama and Haras, and the moonlight has a strange magic in the villages located on the banks of the Blue Nile with semi-sand soil like the village of Fadasi. Its nature and geography is a vassal village, as I still carry firm memories in my sentimental of those moonlit nights until today, which has exceeded six decades.

And the moon is a source of inspiration for poets, they likened it to the beloved.

Even Sufi poets were fascinated by him, such as the knower of God, Sheikh Abdul Ghani Al-Nabulsi, who says at the beginning of his poem

Moon over a pure branch

Glory be to the one who created

These universes came out

And everyone who is important to him was promoted.

After the days of marriage, which lasted for several days, as was the custom of the people of Sudan at that time, and when the moon rose, the tea struck Ahmed Al-Haneen, and she remembered her village, just as Al-Khansa remembered her brother at sunrise. The good, expressed in these kind words full of sorrow and full of sympathy, and in an easy and abstaining manner, to take her and her friends to their village himself and not to burden another person for their sake. Oh my night, oh my bond and my arm... She went on to say that goodness taught her girls with songs that contained his fruits and his good qualities. I likened him to the elimination of his opponent with the crocodile that struck the night. The night is the bend of the river, and as it is known, the flow of the river when it turns is a deep hole called the chima or cosmic that attracts fish, animals and humans and is difficult to get out of it due to its circular movement, and the crocodile usually settles near it to pounce on its prey And it eliminates them at a lightning speed (Jeb and Jab)

She resembles him with that crocodile.. She says (Grandpa for me), which is to my joy and happiness with him..

Oh masked detectors

 My grandmother told me that in the old days, when a person or group attacked the clan, they would uncover their heads so that their clothes would fall to the shoulder, and they would refrain from covering their heads until a member of the tribe or a number of them came forward to avenge the tribe.

Everyone is watching you. That is, you are the leader of the people, the leader of the ranks, and the bearer of their banner

Oh runway vacations

 The unemployed are the widows, orphans, and the lack of breadwinners, and the good is the one who takes care of them, supports them, and fulfills their needs such as subsistence, housing and clothing.

Look at the genie and see what they did in the court. Lavi Shalo.. He is a man whose actions and deeds he does towards others bear witness.. He stands in his full house, well-groomed, with his will, wrapped in a shawl, to receive his guests with welcome and with a screen.. At that time, most homes consisted of one room. A pergola (rakoba) and those who own a divan in the village do not exceed two or three, the village sheikh or one of the notables is like a good person.. As for the shawl, it is the height of elegance, as most people wear drapes, and a few of them cover their heads with a card only.

O people, do you know how you are in generosity? There is no example

That is, those who are wondering about who is good, I say to them, he is the end of his time, as he is unparalleled in generosity ..