THIS MYSTIC TRAVELER COMES FROM THE DESERT
LIKE THE ANGEL GABRIEL FILLING THE HORIZON
STRIDING WITH GREAT INTENTION UWAYS AL-QARANI
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HU HU HU HU HU HU HU HU
HU HU HU HU UWAYS AL-QARANI
HIS NAME IS KHITHER HIS NAME IS MEHDI
HE IS IMMORTAL IDRIS AND SHEMSI OF TABRIZI
HE IS ALLAH’S HOLY FRIEND UWAYS AL-QARANI
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HIS NAME IS RUMI HIS SONGS ARE SUFI
HIS THE TENT OF ABRAHAM PURE WALI OF YEMEN
DRESSED IN ROBES OF BURNING WHITE
THIS EXALTED PILGRIM
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DRAWN BY THE LIGHT OF YA RASUL ALLAH
HE ENCOUNTERS FATIMA HER FATHER AT THE KAABA
THE MOTHER HIS MYSTIC GUIDE PURE WISDOM OF ALLAH
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WHEN RETURNING HOME THE RASUL SEES HIS LIGHT
GIVE THIS LOVER MY GREEN CLOAK UWAYS AL-QARANI
HIS SWEET FRAGRANCE REACHES ME FROM THE LAND OF YEMEN
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AMINA TESLIMA MOTHER OF TARIQA
GREETS THIS RADIANT FRIEND OF TRUTH AS NUREDDIN JERRAHI
EVERY SAINT AND EVERY PIR—UWAYS AL-QARANI
THE FACE BEHIND EVERY FACE—UWAYS AL-QARANI
THE LIGHT BENEATH THIS ROBE OF FLESH—UWAYS AL-QARANI
GOLDEN LETTERS OF KORAN—UWAYS AL-QARANI
QUTUB AND CONCEALED IMAM—UWAYS AL-QARANI
THE CAUSE OF RASUL’S BURNING LOVE—UWAYS AL-QARANI
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