The truth is that this song is one of Umm Kulthum’s most expensive songs. In a piece of news published by Al Kawakib magazine under the title “Umm Kulthum paid a thousand pounds for this song,” it was revealed behind the scenes of Kawkab Al Sharq’s preparation for the song Fat Al Maad, written by Marsa Jamil Aziz and composed by Baligh Hamdy, that the song’s author received 1,000 pounds from Mrs. Umm Kulthum is the highest paid composer in the history of Arabic song at that time.
The text of the news read: “Musician Baligh Hamdi retired to compose the song ‘It’s Over.’ Umm Kulthum paid a thousand pounds to Morsi Jamil Aziz for the new song. This amount is considered the highest amount received by a lyricist in the history of the entire Arabic song. This number is also considered a record number.” As for Morsi Jamil Aziz himself, the first salary Morsi received was three pounds, and that was for a song he wrote in 1939.
“Fat Al-Ma’id” is the second song sung by Umm Kulthum, written by Morsi Jamil Aziz, after the song “Sirat Al-Hob” in 1964, which was composed by Baligh Hamdi. The latter had composed a song for Umm Kulthum in 1962, “You and I have been wronged by love,” but it did not receive much resonance at the time. Therefore, when the words “It’s Too Late” were presented to him, he tried to avoid the above, and indeed the song was a great success, and it still lives on to this day as the best songs she sang. Umm Kulthum and her melody is eloquent, Hamdi.