Ey ashighan ey asheghan, hengame kuchast az jehan
O lovers, lovers! The time to depart this world has come!

Dar gush-e janim mirasad tabl-e rahil az asuman
My ear has heard the heavenly drum which tells that that time has come

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(Chorus)

sali rabi ala alnabi, alhashimi al-mutalibi
My Lord send praises upon the prophet, the hashimite, the mutalibite

Sahibi Asfa nasabi, wa aalihi wa-sahibi
The one of the purest lineage, and upon his family and companions

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Nek sareban bar khaste qettareha araste
See, the driver stands up, and has lined the camels up

Az ma halali khaste che khufte id ey karevan
asking for my pardon: why, travellers, are you sleeping?

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In bangeha az pish u pas bang-e rahilast u jaras
These sounds from front and behind are the noise of departure, and its camel-bells

Her lahze-yi nafs u nefes sar mikonad dar la mekan
In every moment a soul and a breath are heading for the Beyond

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Ey dil suye dildare shu ey yar suye yar shu
O heart, seek the Beloved! O friend, seek the Friend!

Ey pasban bidar shu khufte nashayad paseban
O watchman, be wakeful! It is not right for a watchman to sleep.

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[A rendition of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi’s poem by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad]

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