

The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi
17 Tracks1 HR29 MIN2014
℗ Le Chant du Monde — Harmonia Mundi / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This commemorative double CD-Book celebrates an eponymous special exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on the transformative music and life of Ostad Elahi.
Yā Shāh To Bā Man Bāshī
The title of this piece means “O King, may You be with me.” Ostad was very fond of this supplication. The lyrics are attributed to one of spiritual companions of Shāh Khoshīn, a great Kurdish saint of the eleventh century. In this entreaty, the poet expresses his pure love for the Divine:
You are my beginning, You are my end
You molded me from a drop of water
Your heaven or Your hell I care not for
My hope is for You to always be with me.
Tracklist
Reflection (CD 1)
Reverence (CD 2)
Yā Shāh To Bā Man Bāshī
The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi
Yā Shāh To Bā Man Bāshī
The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad ElahiReverence (CD 2)