• Rumi & Shams

  Where are you now when we need you…
  Rumi and Shamsi Tabriz?
  All the words that you spoke and the rules that you broke
  that’s the only thing now can really free us.
  We’ll follow your light through the tunnel
  that takes us through the dark and the cold.
  We’ll follow your light, through the wild and windy night,
  out into the daylight so bold.

  

• Unsung Hero

  In memory of Hajj AbdalAziz Redpath, may God cover him in His Mercy. Even in death, he was a gathering of light…I still hear him most days.

  

• Silver Lining featuring Zahara

  Dark clouds on the far horizon
  Grey n purple, filled with rain
  They’re rolling in, and it wont be surprising
  To see stormy weather coming round again

  

• Speculation Blues

  All you clever market makers
  Stealing food from the people’s lands
  All you thieving heart breakers
  Making dust out of people’s lands

  

• Black Crows of Taman Tun

  If you go down in the midday sun, there’s nothing to be seen,
  Branches are all empty, there’s no black among the green
  But if you come back in the evening as it slides into the night
  You hear the black crows of Taman Tun doing dhikr in the fading light

  

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Nomad Song

The nomad he breaks camp in every season
moving on when the time is right
he ain’t just moving on for no reason
he’s following the moon and the grazing rights

by hamid / on 05/02/2013 at 6:00 pm /

Sons and Daughters

Son of my son
Daughters of my daughters
Like roots in stone
Like a breeze on the water

by hamid / on 18/01/2013 at 1:47 pm /

Captain, Oh Captain!

Captain, Oh Captain
we are knocking on your door
Captain, Oh Captain
we just can’t take much more

by hamid / on 14/01/2013 at 3:02 pm /

Thirsty Now

If the road don’t lead to the river, don’t take me down there
If the river don’t reach the sea, don’t let me go down down down
If the well ain’t got no water, don’t throw me in there
I’m thirsty now Lord, I’m thirsty now.

by hamid / on 22/12/2012 at 3:52 pm /

Hold Sway

It’s your life, it rests between your two hands
It’s your earth, its just a grain of sand
It’s your destiny, its waiting on your right side
Its your horse, so ride ride ride

by hamid / on 22/12/2012 at 3:40 pm /

Turn Away

If you fall of the wagon
If you fall off the bar
When you fall too short
and when you go too far

Turn away, turn away

by hamid / on 22/12/2012 at 3:28 pm /

Being human is a guest house

Another gem from Rumi

by hamid / on 12/09/2012 at 9:44 am /

Freedom From the Fire

For my old friend Hajj Abdullah
Who passed in the night…
A flower for his grave.

by hamid / on 14/08/2012 at 2:09 am /

Nihilism Boogie

Just when you think that you’re going crazy
And there ain’t no more that you can go through
Remember that your own opinion of the Lord
Is exactly how He deals with you…

by hamid / on 05/08/2012 at 11:41 pm /

Dancing on the Lawn

Speaks for itself really…

by hamid / on 09/07/2012 at 3:48 pm /