Here is a popular morisque song from 12thC - it fits
perfectly with the Mezquita as that was during the Arab reign in
Europe with Córdoba as the capital. This Mezquita in Córdoba
started being built in the 10thC and was finished in the
14thC.
This is me and 2 friends playing - I am the bassoonist.
Unfortunately my hands are getting bad so don´t know how much
longer I will be able to play.
I feel so
strange
inside the
Mezquita.
Time stopped centuries
ago
at the ablutions
fountain
in the Patio de
Naranjos.
I am
transported
far away.
Only shuffling
feet
sound on the cool
floor.
The ochre and white
arches
face me in endless
lines.
There is a musky
smell
of old stone
mingled with
herbs.
The Muezzin's
chant
floats down
from the
minaret.
The robed Imán
talks from the
Mihrab
in strange but
soft
guttural tones.
Though the air
is warm and
still
the marble is
cold
to the touch.
I am in the
presence
of splendour,
in the gold leaf
plating
and ornate
plaster.
I am two eyes
with no body,
seeing inside a secret
place
that belongs to
others.
.