safar al-Akheer (the last travel)

[Ummu Sufyaan]

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i've posted this in another thread before, but its truly brilliant and therefore needs a thread of its own.
its a nasheed about death...nasheed by abu abdul malik

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[Ummu Sufyaan]

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Translation (credit goes to sis Danah):

هذا هو السفرُ الأخيرْ ... قــدرُ الــصغيــرِ مــع الكبيـرْ
This is the last travel, the ultimate destiny for the young and old

والمـــوتُ سهــمٌ نافذ ... يُفنِــــي الغنــــيَ أو الــفقيــرْ
And death is a hard arrow that aim to the rich man or the poor one

أينَ المآكلُ والمشاربُ .. والــمراكـبُ والــقصـــورْ ؟!
Where are the luxurious food and drinks, where is the cars and palaces

أينَ النضارةُ والجمالُ .. وأينَ رائحــةُ الـــعطــــورْ ؟!
Where are the beauties and the purity, and the nice fragrance

أينَ ابتسامتكَ التي منها .. يشــعُ سَنــا الــســـــرورْ ؟!
Where is your smile that was stunning with happiness?

بلْ أينَ صوتكُ في المجالس ... ذلكَ الصوتُ الجهورْ؟!
Nay, where is your distinctive voice that we used to hear in our gatherings?

بلْ أينَ عزتكَ التي صعدتْ .. إلــى بــرج الـغــرورْ؟!
Nay, Where is your pride that reached the tower of selfishness?

بلْ أينَ ذكركَ بعدما .. كنــتَ المعــرّفَ والــشهيـــــرْ؟!
???

هلْ مخبرٌ عن ذلك المسكينِ .. كــيفَ هــو الــمصيــرْ؟!
Does anyone know what happened to that "poor" person and his destiny?

كـمْ كــانَ ينقــلُ خطـــوةُ .. بيــنَ الــبـراريْ والــبحــورْ
He was walking around through the hills and seas

والآنَ قدْ قـَصُرتْ خطاهُ .. عــن الــتنقــل والــمسيــرْ
And now he can’t go anymore or even move from place to another

أمســىَ أسيــراً يــال ذُلــِكَ .. بعــدَ عِــزكَ يــاأسيـــرْ
He spent his night as a captive after he was so proud of his life

وغدا فراشــكَ منْ ترابٍ .. لاغــطــاءَ ولا ســريــــــرْ
Your bed now is only dirt on earth without a cover like a normal bed

قــمْ يــاأخي فـي الليــــل .. واقرع بــابَ تــوابٍ غفورْ
Arise in the night, O brethren in faith, and knock on the door of your God for forgiveness

أوَ مايُذكــركَ الظــلامُ .. ظــلامَ مُــوحِشــةِ الــقبــــورْ
doesnt this darkness remind you of the scary graves darkness ?

أطل السجودَ لعلَّ وجهكَ .. أنْ يفــوزَ ببعــض نــورْ
Lengthen the Prostration to your God so that your face may earn some light

منْ نورِ خــلاَّق البرايــا .. فــي المقابــرِ والنشـــــورْ
A light from the creator of all creatures in the graves or above the earth

واكسرْ قيودَ الإثم واجعلْ .. روحــكَ العُليــا تطيـــــرْ
break the chains of sins and make your elevated soul fly

واطــردْ غيــومَ الهمِّ يــا .. محزونُ عن روض الشعورْ
Eject the clouds of worry from your heart that made you miserable

تـُبْ ياأخي .. تـُبْ ياأخي .. فــالله غفـَّــارٌ شــكــــــــورْ
Repent, O brethren in faith, Repent, O brethren in faith, For Allah is forgiving, thankful

[Ummu Sufyaan]

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in mp3:
http://www.al7jaz.com/audio/mp3/alsfr_alakir.mp3

[MSN]

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Approved:thumbs_up
Thanks for the reminder

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[BintAbee]

Suh7anallah! Jazakillah Khair for sharing...

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