Shushtari Natural, Natural, ay, by God, Natural Natural, Natural, ay By God, Natural A poor man like me, with a begging bag around my neck My heart is free of any care And I like people who are light-hearted Such is the natural, he is liked by every natural Natural, Natural, ay, by God, Natural…
Words of love…
Translation: There are words we kiss, As if they had mouths Words of love of hope, Immense love, crazy hope Naked words that kiss you When the night loses taste, Words that refuse, The walls of your sorrow. Suddenly, colorful, Between words without color, Expected, unexpected Like poetry, love. The name of the beloved, Revealed…
James Taylor and Sufism
James Taylor’s/Carole King’s “You’ve got a Friend” is one of the most Sufi-sounding songs I’ve ever heard… Lyrics: When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your…
Rumi: By love
Translation: By love, the bitter becomes sweet By love copper coins become gold By love, the dregs become clear By love, the pain becomes healing By love, the dead is made living By love, the king is made a slave And this love is the result of knowledge Who, in foolishness, ever sat on such…
Un sentiment français
Ne me quitte pas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_6A0XnMyw Original: Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s’oublier Qui s’enfuit déjà Oublier le temps Des malentendus Et le temps perdu A savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois A coups de pourquoi Le coeur du bonheur Ne me quitte pas Ne me…
Fado, wind and sea
06 Fim End Not birds, nor stars, nor sails Are as beautiful in my breast Daybreak falls silent in my eyes The night enveloped me so With this pain as if from a dagger With this cry of a love without end Love without end, love without time and measure Water drawn from the distance,…
Rumi-Just for me
You belong to me to me to me جان منی جان منی جان من You are my life my life my life essence آن منی آن منی آن من You belong to me to me to me alone شاه منی لایق سودای من You are my king, we deserve to mingle قند منی لایق…
Hasna el-Becharia-Hakmet lakdar
One of my favorite songs from a long time ago… Translation (rougher than usual): I am here by fate, my friend, by fate I am here, my cousin… Where can I find you, poor you? All my friends have betrayed me God and my parents are all that I have By fate…
Carminho and Rumi-Pain
A Voz Translation: Sometimes there is a voice that rises Higher than the world and higher than us And makes my eyes weep, when it sings In the tears that silence my voice It plunges my senses and time To the farthest point of who I am And embraces that place, so gray…
White Doves
Pombas Brancas Translation: White doves Flying high Scratching the shadows Of the large clouds There they go Doves that do not return They bring within Their wings In rosy beaks Scattered clouds On the sea Doves of my singing Merely singing Various recollections Coming on the paths Nobody knows Where they go The Doves that…