Why Did You Send Me So Far Away?
Why did you send me,
my dearest father,
so far away as a bride?
I am your caged bird,
father,
that flies off when day dawns.
I am your meek cow,
father,
and will go where I am driven.
When my palanquin passed
below the neem,
my brother was stricken.
A palace or two
for my brothers, for me
this place of exile.
My mother – and sister-in-law taunt me,
‘Your father
didn’t even give you a comb.’
When I lifted the curtain
of the palanquin,
I saw a foreign land.
Thus says Amir Khusrau,
father.
May my marriage last for ages.
In The Bazaar of Love
The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau
Translation by: Paul E. Losensly and Sunil Sharma
Mother, Today There Is Colour
Mother, today there is colour
in my beloved’s home:
colour in his courtyard,
a happy meeting with my lover.
Mother, there is colour.
I found a pir, Nizamuddin Auliya –
Whenever I look he is with me.
Mother, there is colour.
Nizamuddin Auliya, he brightens the world.
He is with me whenever I look.
Mother, there is colour.
(the song is a lot different from the poem, but this is the one I like best)
In The Bazaar of Love
The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau
Translated by: Paul E. Losensky and Sunil Sharma
Come Colour Me in Your Own Hue
Colourful, come colour me in your own hue.
You are my lord, Beloved of God.
My veil and my lover’s turban,
colour them both with spring.
You are my lord, Beloved of God.
As the price you demand for the pigment,
accept the payment of my flowering youth.
You are my lord, Beloved of God.
I have arrived at your threshold,
protect my honour.
You are my lord, Beloved of God.
Nizamuddin Auliya is my pir,
be my companion in love.
You are my lord, Beloved of God.
In The Bazaar of Love
The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau
Translated by: Paul E. Losensky and Sunil Sharma
LYRICS | Moby – Slipping Away
Album: "Hotel" (2005)
The threshhold is breaking tonight
Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can’t really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at me
All that I need and I never could say
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to this while it’s slipping away
Are people who love us and like
I know how it feels to mean it
Oh and we leave here, you’ll see
Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can’t really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at me
All that I need and I never could say
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to this while it’s slipping away
So long
Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
Seeing the sun when I can’t really see
Hoping the sun will at least look at me
All that I need and I never could say
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to this while it’s slipping away
[2x:]
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Hold on to people they’re slipping away
Ramblings of Lunatic 