Yamsaharni info The "text file" is a GIF screendump of the transcribed text written under the Mac Arabic OS and can be requested in the text format by email from me. The sound bytes are 8 khz recordings of the start and end of the song sampled on a NeXT and converted to SUN format with sox. The soundfiles can be played with the SUN utility /usr/demo/SOUND/play or converted and played on virtually any machine with sound capabilities. Play takes the option -v for volume on a range of 0 - 100. These are binary files DON'T FORGET TO FTP WITH BINARY FORMAT ON. The "yamsaharnialt" soundbyte is a beautiful rendering, apparently by a well-known 'oud player who's name I do not know. Would someone please enlighten me? Yamsaharni was Um Kalthoum's last song. It is composed by Said Makawi with lyrics by Ahmad Ramy was first performed in 1972. - Barre Ludvigsen