The Song of the Sufis

The Song of the Sufis

There is a melody behind the curtain of life

That haunts those who died at the footsteps of love

Don't look for their souls in the wasteland of the night

They are lost to this world and are not coming back

Kissed on the chest by the spirit of God

They wander in the dark with these words on their lips:

Wa Ladayna Mazeed, Wa Ladayna Mazeed

We have much more to come, we have much more to come

In the mist of sadness, they cry with a smile

And wipe tears of sorrow with their rags and old scarves

Don't look at their forms as paupers and beggars

David stole their hearts with a note from his ney

And when he spoke in silence, they listened and obeyed

Dazzled in bewilderment by seven happy angels

They keep on dancing with these words on their lips:

Wa Ladayna Mazeed, Wa Ladayna Mazeed

We have much more to come, we have much more to come

There is a melody behind the curtain of age

That haunts those who drank from the fountain of youth

In the mist of sadness, they laugh and then cry

Wiping their blessed tears with an old scented scarf

Don't look at their forms as old men and bygones

Jesus shines in them like the red sun at dawn

And they worship at night in silence and in fear

Waiting for Gabriel to whisper in their ears.

As the melody fades in the mist of nihility

They keep on drifting with these words on their lips:

Wa Ladayna Mazeed, Haqq Ladayna Mazeed

And there is much more to come for all eternity.

Diallo

[Updated Version] A Sufi poem based on the Holy Verse "Wa Ladeyna Mazeed" ("There will be more and more in Our Divine Presence") 50:35. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim has a sohbat called this way as well:

http://www.sufilive.com/Wa_Ladayna_Mazee-363.html

And in the following transcript he talks about this Holy Verse in numerous occasions:

http://sufilive.com/print.cfm?id=2281&lc=EN

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Permalink Reply by Amatullah on January 7, 2011 at 5:23pm

Wa Ladayna Mazeed! Allahu Akbar! Beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by nazeem rahman on January 10, 2011 at 12:00pm

Wonderful!!..there is a haunting melody in the song

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Permalink Reply by Abdelhafeez Bin Ibrahim on January 13, 2011 at 5:55pm

Allahu Akbar!

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