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OLD ASH UR I. A Wedding Song.
Thou arc omnipotent, God,
And my condition cannot be hidden from thee.
I am enthralled by love,
BflHRAim And love is a killer. * * *
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1 saw him on God’s Eid Day,
SOflGS Dressed in the natural beauty God endowed
him with.
Shaikh Abdulla killed me,
And my guarded secret was divulged.
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1 saw him in his Mejlis,
And his ten fingernails were hennaed.
A wild gazelle he was whom I would never give
up,
He killed me, and my guarded secret was
divulged.
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I saw him washing his eyes,
With those same eyes he pierced my heart.
He was so young and his flirtation so sweet,
ARDHA. A Warrior song. Sung at Rifa'a
He killed me and my guarded secret was
during the Eid.
divulged.
In Praise of Shaikh Isa Bin Ali.
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Oh God thou knowest what I hide and what I I saw him a short distance away from me,
declare, His lips were so tempting and his fingers
To Thee all people always appeal. hennaed.
A wild gazelle who drove me mad,
Accept my prayers at dawn He killed me and my guarded secret was
Thou who sendeth rain from the unknown. divulged.
Thou knowest that he’s like the moon in our
country.
His attributes are permanent.
Songs contributed by Ahmed Al - Fardan
Who can be compared to the Shaikh ?
Thanks to Him whose bounty we hope for.
He is a pure, unspoilt fountain of affection, Translated by T. Abu Sobu,
Lecturer in English, Gulf Technical College.
And his words are verified by eye-witnesses.
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