Dat het leven moge stromen…
zonder reflectie, remming, bedenking
de taal als water door mijn handen loopt –
ook niet van A naar B – doelloos zoekend
naar een opening, elke fixatie meesleurendAls een dijkdoorbraak, ineens, zonder borden
‘dijkdoorbraak toegestaan’ of ‘rechts houden’
het gebéurt gewoon, zonder opgaaf van redenen
zoals je geboren wordt en weer doodgaat – zo
gewoon. Hooguit een herinnering blijft bestaanHein Zeillemaker
Man Kunto Maula is a Manqabat Qawwali song composed by Amir Khusro in the praise of Ali ibn Abi Talib. This song is based on a hadith, i.e. a saying of Prophet Mohammad: ‘Whoever accepts me as a master, Ali is his master too.’
Man Kunto Maula
shaah-e-mardaaN
sher-e-yazdaaN
quvvat-e-parvardigaar
laa fatah illaa Ali
laa saif illaa zulfiqaar
King of the brave,
lion of God,
[and] strength of God.
There is no one like Ali [and]
there is no sword like Zulfiqaar. *)
Ali imaam-e-manasto manam Ghulaam-e-Ali
hazaar jaan-e-giraamii fidaa-e-naam-e-Ali
Ali is my master, I am the slave of Ali
thousands of lives can be sacrificed for the sacredness of name of Ali.
Man kunto maulaa
fa haaza Aliun maulaa
To whom I am the master
Ali is the master. **)
Daaraa dil daaraa dil daar-e-daanii
tum tum taa naa naa naanaa, naanaa naanaa re
yaalaalii yaalaalii yaalaa, yaalaa yaalaa
Dar â Bheetar, Aandar (inside) Dara â Andar Aa (get in or come inside) Dartan â Tanke Aandar (inside the body) Tanandara â Tanke Aandar Aa (Come inside the body) Tom â Main Tum Hun (I am you) Nadirdani â Tu Sabse Adhik Janata Hai (You know more than anyone else) Tandardani â Tanke Aandarka Jannewala (One who knows what is inside the body)
Tanan Dar Aa – Enter my body. O Dani – He knows Tu Dani – You know. Na Dir Dani – You are the Complete Wisdom. Tom – I am yours, I belong to you. Yala – Ya Allah Yali – Ya Ali.
Ali shaah-e-mardaan imaamun kabiiraa
ke baad az nabii shud bashirun naziiraa
Ali is the king of the brave and the great leader
because after the Prophet, there is Ali.
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*) Zulfiqaar was the sword of Ali presented to him by Muhammad.
**) A famous tradition (hadith) of Prophet Muhammad. Ali was his cousin and son-in-law.