I composed the instrumental work ‘The Meeting’ as a musical sharing of stories across distant lands. With minimal percussive and vocal accompaniment to the melodic performances on tar, sitar, and erhu, in 'The Meeting' the listener journeys through a world of sounds from the Middle East to South Asia to the Far East. Subtle layers of Western harmonies from the backing vocals add a rich dimension to the instrumental allusions to the pentatonic scale, the Persian dastgah mode, and Indian ragas. He

Excerpt from ‘Meditations on a Musette by Couperin’, the third video release from the new album ‘When Paths Meet’ (Vol. 2). Composed by Sami Yusuf Based on François Couperin's ‘Musette from the Royal Concerts’ Listen to the new album now: https://sy.lnk.to/WPM-VOL-2 #samiyusuf #meditationsonamusettebycouperin | Sami Yusuf

Excerpt from ‘Meditations on a Musette by Couperin’, the third video release from the new album ‘When Paths Meet’ (Vol. 2). Composed by Sami Yusuf Based on François Couperin’s ‘Musette from the Royal Concerts’ Listen to the new album now: https://sy.lnk.to/WPM-VOL-2 #samiyusuf #meditationsonamusettebycouperin | Sami Yusuf

Don't sing nightingale, don't sing, my vineyard is not cheerful, Oh friend, from your pain, I'm burning, burning, My wick has burned out, my wax has melted, Oh friend, from your pain, I turned into rivers divided from the sea, I turned into ashes darkened by fire, darkened by fire. Ötme bülbül ötme şen değil bağım Dost senin derdinden ben yana yana Tükendi fitilim eridi yağım Dost senin derdinden Deryadan bölünmüş sellere döndüm Ateşi kararmış küllere döndüm Excerpt from 'Meditations on a Musett