Al-Kabli’s son Abdel Aziz had told Sky News Arabia upon his death on December 3, 2021 that his father had recommended his burial in Sudan.
Al-Kabli Jr. said they would carry out his will.
Al-Kabli, nicknamed the “genius of the Sudanese song,” died at the age of 90 after a long illness, after which he entered intensive care for more than 3 months in a hospital in the US state of Michigan, where he was staying with some members of his family.
Busy career
El Kabli is considered one of the giants of Sudanese art, and wrote and composed many songs for himself and for a large number of great Sudanese artists.
Al-Kabli, who was born in eastern Sudan in the year 1932, was distinguished by his multiplicity of talents and depth in Sudanese culture, and he combined three talents that are rarely found in one artist.
After completing his studies in the fifties of the last century, Al-Kabli joined the Sudanese judiciary and worked in it for about 20 years, before spending a few years working as a translator in Saudi Arabia to return to Sudan again, professional singing and sitting at the top of the artistic pyramid with a number of senior Sudanese innovators.
Al-Kabli began singing at the age of eighteen, and continued to sing in the circle of friends and family sessions for a decade, until the real opportunity came to him in November 1960, when he sang with the masterpiece of the poet Taj Al-Sir Al-Hassan, the Asia and Africa chant, in the presence of the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Al-Kabli’s career was marked by many wonderful songs that were not limited to the Sudanese colloquial language, as he sang in classical Arabic, such as the song “Shatha Al-Zahr” by the Arab poet Mahmoud Al-Akkad and “The Song of Asia and Africa” by the poet Taj Al-Sir Al-Hassan.
integrated model
The journalist, Yassin Ibrahim, who is close to his family, told “Sky News Arabia” that Al-Kabli presented a new model for the image of the integrated Sudanese singer, explaining, “Al-Kabli appeared in the image of the educated artist, researcher in heritage and lyrically creative, and at the same time he worked in the judiciary.”
He added: “Al-Kabli is able to present the song in front of almost all peoples of the world. He is a comprehensive artist and speaks very tactfully.”
Among his most prominent songs that rose to the throne of Sudanese singing, and even externally, are “Maroe”, “Habiba Omari”, “Asia and Africa”, “Ya Dhanin al-Wa’ad”, “I see you as tears of sticks”, “I can hardly believe it”, “Zaman al-Nass” and “” Your love for the people, “Candle”, “Danab”, “Why” and “Massed by a wandering dervish” by its Sudanese poet, Muhammad Muftah Al-Fitouri.
Al-Kabli’s songs touched the hearts of listeners from outside the borders of his country because he used to perform them in classical Arabic, especially since he knew the skill in mastering the Arabic language and uttering the words very accurately.
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