Sami Yusuf - Lament

Sami Yusuf - Lament

From album 'The Centre'

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The encounter with the Transcendent inspires an unspeakable awe, in the face of which our worldly existence appears as a source of separation and sorrow. Lament meditates on lines written by Ibn 'Arabi communicating the terror and wonder of an experience of the Infinitely Beyond. The poet uses visceral language that associates the desolation of the lover with the desolation of the desert to evoke the meeting of overwhelming attraction and overwhelming fear in a heart that trembles in the face of the Absolute. 

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Lyrics : Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240)

Arrangement : Sami Yusuf

Classical guitars performance : Jon Lawton

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بِأَبي مَن ذُبتُ فيهِ كَمَداً

بِأَبي مَن مُتُّ مِنهُ فَرَقا

حُمرَةُ الحَجلَةِ في وَجنَتِهِ

وَضَحُ الصُبحِ يُناغي الشَفَقا

غادَروني بِالأَثيلِ وَالنَقا

مَن لِبَثّي مَن لِوَجدي دُلَّني

مَن لِحُزني مِن لِصَبٍّ عَشِقا

كُلَّما ضَنَّت تَباريحُ الهَوى

فَضَحَ الدَمعُ الجَوى وَالأَرَقا

فَإِذا قُلتُ هَبوا لي نَظرَةً

قيلَ ما تُمنَعُ إِلّا شَفَقا

.. بِأَبي