By SEYID OULD SEYID
This is the very real human pain love
story in plain poetic expressions that you will never read in romantic book or watch
in thrilling movie. It is moving to grasp the essence of flouring cultural habit
that is vanishing in the face of technical invasion.
This is the story of Mauritania Arab girls singing out for their hidden
love in late evening’s hours under the moon and the stars, hiding out from community
eyes. It is the ritual of overwhelming love invading ultimate sprit, without daring
to dream of touching dearest lover.
Girls of rural villages are to meet in valleys, dunes or mountains oasis to
start the night rhythm by creating their own lyrics in an open competition and
fan conversation. Each one has to compose her own loving lyrics. The night bandleader
will sing that fresh creation; others will follow her collectively while
playing their drums. They made their drums with their rough hands that used to serve
both family and entire community during the day domestic labor. Every one of female
circle, around the beating drum, has to say - They may not be able to write any
word - her poem while keeping the same opening lyrical rhythm until the end of their
poetic evening; view minutes before going to bed.
The theme of female sweat verses is nostalgic love. It is forbidden to name
your love even among the circle of the same band; the name of romantic lyrics author
should never be revealed. Otherwise, girls will lose their freedom of
expressions and the prince may be arrogant, if he knows that his charms are inspiring
his neighborhood girls.
Platonic content and symbolic codifications are the main characteristics of
Mauritania female poets. It is shameful in social traditions to be known as poet
praising her love in her own lyrics. Poem is her psychological release to
express pressing emotions when she is waking up late, feeling lonely the sufferance
of invisible love or the shocks of oblivion in silent desert. Female evening lyrics should goes to public domain as unidentifiable oral
poetic creations about secret love of the prince that his shadows and vivid
sprits are seen only in nightly dreams.
Here are some lines of female lyrics lacking their resilient natural musicality
that is lost in translations as other connotations did. This fault is mine, not
female at all. “It is impossible to hate the blue in dry years”. It obvious to love green beauty especially in dry
seasons. Nature is used as symbol of real love; she means her brown man to love
by all. The name of her love is her life secret to bury with her in the graveyard.
Called it unbelievable, undelivered message .The sender and the receiver have
to stay unknown forever in such conservative society. The same goes for the
following examples that I have simplified to economize the space of more explanation:
“Be patient my soul, rejoice in pain”
“I open to breath your love breeze “
“As his teeth brush, no army can push me
from his smiling lips”
“How
to forget him living in my eyes”
“His smile revives dead bones”
“Kidiss love astonished Nizar and killed
Belkiss”
“Unreturned night to remember my secret love baber”
“I have to repeat all prayers; I recall him in my prayers”
“Mine travelled West, safe the year travelers
to West”
“My soul never forgets his words of evening
whispers”
Ancient female poets are descendant of heroic tribes singing the love of unknown
heroes. Most of them are even illiterates in a country with long history of various
oral traditions that remain to be documented.Modern girl’s lyrics are speaking of their favorite cinema, sports or political
stars. It is astonishing that male poets are attracted by princess physical beauty;
princess poets are inhaling morals of their loving prince in the nation of
million poets.
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