That Elusive Impossible Love of Kazim

Few contemporary Arabic songs moves you and leave you with enough emotional baggage for days, that stuff seems to have come easy to the Arab singers in the 60s and 70s, but ti seems to have eluded many of them nowadays...just like the one love that you can never have no matter how hard you try.

That's when in the early 2000, a came song by Kazim Al Saher that was so good, an album about the impossible love and titled so, a poem by the mighty Syrian poet Nizar Qabany. I translated this song to one of my students who were studying Arabic at the time, and at an instant he became a life long appreciator of all things Nizar and Kazim.

Each concert Iraqi singer performs, this song is almost in the lineup and if it's not there will be a fight till this song gets performed. I think this album of his was one of the early albums to get an international distribution, you can find English covers of this album in many stores even the local Barnes and Noble. This is a sure gem for those who understand the Arabic langauge.

The highs and lows of this song tell of a tale of the helpless romantic unlike any other. I think Kadim Al Saher Gets into the song and tries to relive the story as he performs it...see how interacts with the fans....also the chorus adds another flavor to the song.


الحب المستحيل - موازين 2011