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Jan 30
Dergah Podcast · 85 What Need Have I

85 What Need Have I

WHAT NEED HAVE I FOR SWEETNESS OR BLISS
I LONG FOR ALLAH ALLAH ALONE EXISTS
WHAT IS THERE OUTSIDE THE HEART
TO DRAW ME INTO THE PLAY
THERE IS ONLY LA ILAHA ILALLAH

THIS WORLD LIVES IN CHILDISH NOSTALGIA
EMPTY MEMORY EMPTY HOPE
I BELONG TO FULLNESS
FREEDOM OPEN SPACE
LA ILAHA ILALLAH

MY CONCERN IS NOT FOR PASSING MYSTIC STATES
I LONG FOR ALLAH ALLAH ALONE EXISTS
WHERE IS SOUL AND PARADISE
WHEN ALL THE MIRRORS MELT
THERE IS ONLY LA ILAHA ILALLAH

UNITY THE ONLY CURE FOR THIS FEVER
THIS DELUSION SEPARATION
UNITY MY SULTAN
MY ONLY BELOVED
LA ILAHA ILALLAH

I AM WEEPING ONLY WEEPING
NO NIGHTINGALE NO MOONLIGHT NO ROSE
BRILLIANT BLACK HEART-SKY
EMPTY OF STARS AND NAMES
THERE IS ONLY LA ILAHA ILALLAH

THIS SERVANT OF ASHKI WAKENS FROM LIFE’S DREAM
I AM A VESSEL FILLED WITH LIGHT
ON THE DARK BLUE SHEEPSKIN
SECRET OF NUREDDIN
LA ILAHA ILALLAH

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