the ecstatic emotion experienced when listening to poetry and music.

Tarab is “the ecstasy, elation, pleasure of delight spiritual of listening to excellent singer, the excellence of the singer who could fascinate her/his audience’. The marvellous voice that could sing with harmonic modulations of Maqams also had a unique quality of voice. All those descriptions could be suitable to define and identify Tarab. Without understanding and feeling the meaning of the words (lyrics) of Tarab, it is hard to influence audiences. The concept of Tarab could include other forms of arts, such as dance. In general, certain distinctiveness connected to the appreciation of art in Arab music.

Other translations for the word “Tarab” include: soul shaking, ecstatic, overwhelmingly joyous, transporting, *so* moved by passion/emotion, that you can’t help expressing it via dance or singing or playing music to release it”