Live in London 2016

Tracklist + Liner Notes

1. Ya Nabi (Live)

   Wa ṣalli ‘ala l-Hādī, ḥabībī jaddi l-Hasanayn
   Salutations upon our Guide, the beloved, the grandfather of Hasan and Hussein

   Rasūlī ma’danu l-jūdi, Imāmu l-Ḥaramayn
   My prophet, the quintessence of generosity,
   the Imam (leader) of the Two Holy Mosques

   Nabīyinā khayru man yamshī ‘ala l-qadamayn
   Our prophet is the best of those who walk on two legs

   Yā ‘āshiqīn ṣallū ‘ala sayyidi l-kawnayn
   O You who love him, send salutations upon the master of the two worlds

   Ṣalla l-Lāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihī, wa aṣḥābihi l-mayāmīn
   Salutations of God upon him, his family, and his blessed companions

   Yā Nabī
   O Prophet

   Ṣalla l-Lāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihī wa-‘ala aṣḥābihi
   Salutations of God be upon him, his family and auspicious companions

   Lā mithluhū ’aḥadun, lā mathīla lak
   You have no match, no one can compare

   Yā Rasūlī, yā Habībī, yā Malādhī, yā Bashīrī
   O my prophet, O my beloved, O sanctuary, O bearer of good tidings

   ’Anir ṭarīqī bi-jāhi Ṭāhā
   Enlighten my path O God, for the sake of Taha

   ’Ataytu ḥimak ’arjū riḍāk
   I came to Your sanctuary, hoping for Your approval

   Ṣalli ‘ala l-’Amīn
   Salutations upon The Trustworthy

   Sayyidī, Sayyidu l-’awwalīn wa-l-ākhirīn
   My master and the master of the first and the last

   Yā Nabī
   O Prophet

   Ṣalawātu l-Lāh
   Blessings of God

   Wa Salāmu l-Lāh
   And His Peace

   Ṣalla l-Lāhu ‘alayhi
   Be upon him

2. River of Milk (Live)

   Inna fi l-jannati nahran min laban
   Surely, a river of milk flows in heaven,

   Li-‘Aliyyin wa-Ḥusaynin wa-Ḥasan
   For Ali, Husayn and Hasan.

   Kullu man kāna muḥibban lahumu
   And all those who have love for these three,

   Yadkhulu l-jannata min ghayri ḥazan
   shall enter the garden with no misery.*

   Ḥubbu ahlil-bayti farḍun ‘indanā
   For us, love of the Prophet’s family is a duty,

   Wa-bi-hādha l-ḥubbi lā nakhsha l-miḥan
   And with a love like that, we fear no difficulty

3. Ya Rasul Allah, Pt. 1 (Live)

   [Kurdish:]
   Yā Rasūla l-Lāh
   O Messenger of God,
   Yā shay Medina
   O Prince of Medina

   Har kas ‘ashgta
   Don’t break the heart of the one
   Dili mashkina
   Who loves you and is crazed for you

   Bechmam Madīna, beīsem bepā wā
   I will go to Medina and openly express to the Prophet
   Arza bam bedas Rasūl-a-Allāh wā
   My inner heart-felt desire to serve Him

   [Kurdish (refrain)]
   Yā Rasūla l-Lāh
   O Messenger of God,
   Yā shay Medina
   O Prince of Medina

   Har kas ‘ashgta
   Don’t break the heart of the one
   Dili mashkina
   Who loves you and is crazed for you

   [Arabic:]
   Yā Rasūla l-Lāh
   O Messenger of Allāh
   Qalbī mushtāq
   My heart is longing
   Li-l-Madīnah
   For Medina

   Yā Ḥabība l-Lāh
   O Beloved of Allah
   Kullī ’ashwāq
   All my earnings
   Li-l-Madīnah
   Are for Medina

   Li-Nabīyi l-Lāh
   For the Prophet of Allah
   Muddat bi-r-rajā’ ’ayādīnā
   Our hands are extended in hope

   Mā taruddanā yā Rasūla l-Lāh khā’ibīna
   O Messenger of Allah, our beloved,
   do not us send back empty-handed

   [Kurdish:]
   Yā Rasūla l-Lāh, Bawanem, Nawet chand khowsha*
   O Messenger of God, How beautiful is your name

   ‘Araghet golah bawanem, Būnet wa nawsha
   The blessed beads of sweat from your luminous body, smell of flowers

   Har wak hājiyān bawānem, La dowr baytu l-Lāh bawanem
   Like the pilgrims who circumambulate the House of God
   O my all, my beloved
   Bīm ba dawrī to ‘azīzam,
   I’d circle around you, my dearest one,
   Yā Nabī, Yā Shafī’
   O Prophet of God, O Intercessor!

    

4. Ya Rasul Allah, Pt. 2 (Live)

   [Arabic:]
   Ṣallū ‘alayhi shafī’ l-’ummah
   Send salutations upon him, the intercessor of the Muslim nation

   Bi dhikri r-Rasūl tushḥadhu l-himmah
   By mentioning the messenger we sharpen our zeal

   Yā Rabbi bi-jāhin Nabī ’azihi l-ghummah
   O God, for the sake of the prophet, clear the adversity

   Ṣallū ‘ala l-Hādi l-Bashīr*
   Send salutations upon The Guide and Bearer of good tidings

   Ḥabībī l-Badri l-Munīr
   My beloved the luminous full moon

   Shafī’ī ‘inda l-Qadīr
   My intercessor with the All-Powerful

   Ṣallū ‘alayhi
   Send salutations upon him!

   Ṣallū bi-’aḥla l-kalām
   Send salutations upon him with the sweetest of words!

   Ṣallū ‘ala l-badri t-tamām
   Salutations upon him, the full-moon

   Rasūlī, khayri l-’anām
   My messenger, the best of mankind!

5. Fiyyashiyya (Live)

   A humble slave am I of an almighty Lord.
   No work is too hard for that One who’s adored.

   But though I’m a beggar who cannot afford
   To claim any strength, sure and strong is my Lord.

   He says, where He wills, when He wishes a thing,
   just “Be”, and it is, by the might of a King.

   The ruler whose edicts and wise rulings bring
   All blessings and grace by the might of a King.

   I haven’t got the force,
   No strength between my sides
   Why feel such remorse
   when the Maker provides?

   I haven’t got the force,
   No strength between my sides
   Why feel such remorse
   when the Maker provides?

   Ana ‘abdu Rabbī lahū qudratun
   A humble slave am I of an almighty Lord.

   Yahūnu bihā kullu ’amrin ‘asīr
   No work is too hard for that One who’s adored.

   Fa-’in kuntu ‘abdan ḍa‘īfa l-quwā
   But though I’m a beggar who cannot afford

   Fa-Rabbī ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr
   To claim any strength, sure and strong is my Lord.

   Minnī ash ‘alayā wa ana ‘abadun mamlūk
   I’m but a humble slave, what should I worry about?

   Wa-l-’ashyā’ maqaḍīya mā fi t-taḥqīqi shukūk
   All affairs are ordained, of this there is no doubt

   Rabbī nāẓir fiyā wa ana naẓarī matrūk
   My Lord sees everything, while my sight leaves much out

   Fi l-’arḥām wa l-’aḥshā’ min nuṭfa ṣawwaranī
   In the womb, He formed me from a drop

   Ana mā lī fiyāsh, ash ‘alayā minnī
   I haven’t got the force, No strength between my sides

   Aqliq mir-rizqī lāsh, wa-l-Khāliq yarzuqnī
   Why feel such remorse when the Maker provides?

   Allāhumma ṣalli ‘ala l-Muṣṭafā, ḥabībnā Muḥammad ‘alayhi s-salām
   O Allah, send your blessings on The Chosen One
   Our beloved Muhammad, Peace be upon him

   I’m safe in the shade of his all-knowing height
   And no strength have I — His all power and might.

   So glory to God, his bounty shining bright,
   All gratitude and praise are His due and His right.

   He says, where He wills, when He wishes a thing,
   just “Be”, and it is, by the might of a King.

   The ruler whose edicts and wise rulings bring
   All blessings and grace by the might of a King.

6. Māhūr Instrumental (Live)

   Composed, arranged and performed by Sami Yusuf
   Dastgāh: Māhūr

7. Khorasan (Live)

   Khorasan
   I have come
   Here alone

   In my dream
   Earth and stone
   Turned to gold

   Was that you
   Long ago
   Khorasan?

   Can you guide me to the treasures I have lost?
   Can you show me every secret I forgot?
   When I came you asked me where I had come from
   You said my homeland was my kingdom all along

   Khorasan
   I must go
   Send me home

   Breathe in me

   I have healed
   I have grown

   Give me peace
   In my soul
   Khorasan

   Can you guide me to the treasures I have lost?
   Can you show me every secret I forgot?
   When I came you asked me where I had come from
   You said my homeland was my kingdom and my secret all along

   Khorasan,
   Send me home
   Khorasan.

8. Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum (Live)

   Yā Ḥayyu Yā Qayyūm
   O the Ever-Living, The Ever-Lasting One!

   Yā Raḥīmu Yā Raḥmān
   O the Most-Merciful, the Beneficent

   Yā ‘Ādilu Yā Mannān
   O the Just One, O the Bestower (of blessings)

   Yā Ḥāfiẓu Yā Sattār
   O the Protecting One, the Concealing One

   Yā Wāhidu Yā Ghaffār
   O the Only-One, the Forgiver

   Yā Māliku Yā Razzāq
   O the One who owns everything, who provides for everyone

   Tu khāliq-e- har khallāq
   You are the Creator of all creators

   Har rāz tujhe ma‘lūm
   You know every secret

   Yā Ḥayyu Yā Qayyūm
   O the Ever-Living, the Ever-Lasting One!

   Tu mithl hai to la-raib
   You are the quintessence of certainty

   Tu pak hai to be-aib
   You are pure and immaculate

   Tu zistka hai unwan
   All life begins from You

   Tu sakhir-e-harudwan
   You are the Subduer of all enemies

   Teri zat hai azz-o-jal
   Your being is eternal

   Tu har mushkil kahal
   You are the solution to every problem

   Har samt hai teri dhum
   You are known all over

9. Lovers (Live)

   Ey ‘Āsheqān, Ey ‘Āsheqān
   Amad gahe waṣlo leqa
   Az āsemān āmad nedā
   Key mahrūyān aṣ-ṣalā

   O lovers, O lovers, the time of union and meeting has come
   A calling from Heaven proclaimed, “Moon-faced ones, it is time to pray!”

   Ḥay Allāh, Hu Allāh, Yā Allāh

   Ey sarkhoshān, Ey sarkhoshān
   Amad ṭarab dāman keshan
   Begrefte ma zanjīre ū
   Begrefte ū dāmāne mā

   O divinely intoxicated ones, the joyously whirling One has arrived;
   The chains of His curls have captured us and the yearning of our hearts have captured Him.

   Amad sharābe ātashīn
   Ey Dīve gham konjī neshīn
   Ey jane marg-andīsh ro
   Ey sāqīye bāqī darā

   The fiery wine has come, demon of grief, off to a corner!
   Leave O death-pondering soul, O immortal Saqi, come through!

   Ey haft gardūn maste to
   Mā mohreyi dar daste to
   Ey haste mā az haste to
   Dar ṣad hezārān marḥabā

   O by whom the seven vaults are enraptured,
   We are but a bead in your hands
   Our being is by your being, a thousand hails!

   Ey bānge naye khosh-samar
   Dar bānge to ṭa’me shekar
   Āyad marā sham-o sahar
   Az bānge to būye vafā

   O sound of the reed with sweet stories
   In your sound is the taste of sugar
   From your sound, comes the fragrance of fidelity day and night!

   Bāre degar āghāz kon
   Ān pardehā rā sāz kon
   Bar jomle khūbān nāz kon
   Ey Āftābe khosh leqā

   Begin once more and tune those notes!
   Display your charm to the good souls,
   O fair-faced sun!

10. Mast Qalandar (Encore) [Live]

    Dam mast Qalandar mast mast
    The drunk Qalandar, in his drunken state

    Iko vird hai dam dam Ali Ali
    (Has) Only one chant – Ali, in every breath

    Sakhi Lal Qalandar mast mast
    The generous red-robed Qalandar, in his drunken state (a reference to the 12thcentury sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar)

    Jhoole Lal Qalandar mast mast
    (Another reference to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar)

    Akhi ja malanga tu Ali Ali Ali akhi ja malanga
    Oh my brother, keep saying Ali, Ali, Ali; keep on saying

    Akhi ja malanga sach ape mun len ge
    Oh my brother, Go on saying, they will (themselves) accept the truth

    Aj ne te kal saray Ali Ali can ge
    If not today then tomorrow everyone will repeat Ali, Ali

    Rab ne kinne shaan banaye
    God has blessed countless (people)

    Be karma Te karm kamaye
    He has even blessed the wretched

    Jeda vi Tere dar Te Aaye
    Whoever comes to your doorstep

    O na kaddivi khaali jaye
    Never returns empty-handed

    Shana uchiyaan teria Peera
    Oh teacher (referring to Ali) with lofty grace

    Hovan door haneriyaan Peera
    May the darkness (within me) be purged, Oh teacher

    Aasan he ba teriya Peera
    I have pinned my (very many) hopes in you, Oh teacher

    Soon arzaa aj meeriya Peera
    Grant my requests today, Oh teacher