Nigun Ha'Ari (Dovid Din)

Yoram Getzler in Israel contributed this instrumental rendition from his album Niggun, Nishama, Haftaah of a nigun that people are starting to attribute to the Ari (Isaac Luria). I learned this same nigun from Shaul Magid as something composed by R. Dovid Din and sung to Shir Hama'alot. (Dovid Din's strange story bears telling but will not be told here now.)

Here's what Shaul wrote to me about this nigun's provenance:

I got Yoram's beautiful rendition. I also sent to it Zalman who loved it as well. Zalman and I talked about its origins. My recollection is that Dovid claimed to have written it in the House of Love and Prayer. I am not sure how it became known as the Ari's niggun. Others have claimed that, in fact, it originated with Yankele Shamash from the House of Love and Prayer (then of Modiim). In any case, Dovid really owned it and made it what it was. I only heard Dovid sing it to Shi Ha-Maalot. I have heard that Yankele used it for Shalom Aleikhem but I can't verify that.