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The Sacred Lute: The Art 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.

Yā Shāh To Bā Man Bāshī

The Sacred Lute: The Art of Ostad Elahi

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