Closer Than Veins

This ain?t a love song
This is a live song

Woman, u my equal, my wife
We be tight like
2 perfectly matching calligraphy lines

We don?t wanna build our house of earth, water and stone
But of wisdom, pure intentions, conversation
Compassionate action, with purity of heart
We might get somewhere, become light
Fast and burn like a candle, right
Intertwine, u give me peace of mind
I cloak u and u cloak me
Responsible I feel with honesty
Between us God has put affection and mercy
Praised be He who created u
Cuz all I see in u is beautiful

Woman, u my equal, my wife
We be tight like
2 perfectly matching calligraphy lines
What drew us together
Doesn?t conform to the laws of nature
It is written
There is only One opener for the lock of these things

Amor mío
Te adora como a la más bella estrella fugaz en el cielo
Y cuando me siento sólo, sé que tú me entiendes
Sé que me comprendes
Sueño apoyarme en tu sonrisa
Toma mi mano y ven de prisa
Siempre me imagino Viejo y arrugado
Mis hijos ya crecidos mis nietos a mi lado
Y la luz de luna a revelado
Que tu palpitar es por mi, que siempre a sido asi
He practicado que decir muchas veces
Y cuando Dios lo quiera estaremos frente a frente
Será el momento de embrujarte
Ojalá que en tus ojos me retrates
Que aceptes mi pasado, que mis locuras yo no pague
Yo te prometere mi vida
Aunque la muerte nos separe

Translation:
[My dearest
I adore you like the most beautiful shooting star in the sky
And when I feel alone I know that you understand me
I know that you comprehend me
I?m looking for comfort in your smile
Let?s hurry, follow me
?Cuz I?ve always seen myself old and aged
My children grown up, grandchildren by my side
And the moonlight has revealed
That your heart beats for me
And it has always been like that
I?ve practised what to say many times
When God is willing
We?ll stand face to face
That will be the moment to put a spell on you
If only I could slide into your eyes
If only you would see through the past
If only I don?t have to pay for my peculiarities
I?ll dedicate my life to you
Even after death will separate us]

Woman, u my equal, my wife
We be tight like
2 perfectly matching calligraphy lines
What drew us together
Doesn?t conform to the laws of nature
It is written
There is only One opener for the lock of these things

Most definitely in our luv are signs of knowledge
Every dime I spend on u
Is worth more than what I spend on the poor
See patience is the best key to happiness
Continuous, satisfaction, pearls wanna be like u
Intertwine, u are my Sakeena
U protect me and I protect u
Scientifically we be deeper than Al-kindi
Between us God has put affection and mercy
This ain?t a luv song
This is a life song

We going 6 years strong
With no sign of REGRET
With each year we gain in force with ups and downs of course
Yeah my wife is my cousin
And thank God, Faizan my son was born without complications
Hina my love to you is unconditional
Not limited by typical Bollywood scenarios
Or by statistics when problems occur we leave
?Cause I know t u´ll stay till I no longer will breathe
Or if I?m crippled, blinded or anything else
I know I can rely on u helping my every step
Love is not just limited to butterflies and sex
It?s to recognise and respect each others intellects
Lots of regrets many things we shouldn?t have said and done
But that?s just part of our journey and it?s just begun
Define beauty ?cause one day looks will fade
But a beautiful mind still be young at an old age
And I know it?s hard me being away for so long
But I respect u so much for being so strong
I remember U being pregnant going to school
Cooking food taking care of my parents and the whole house
All in one something a man could never do no doubt
So I thank my mother for the day she brought us together
And I pray for our reunion in the afterlife forever

Woman, u my equal, my wife
We be tight like
2 perfectly matching calligraphy lines
What drew us together
Doesn?t conform to the laws of nature
It is written
There is only One opener for the lock of these things

Switch on the TV what do I see
Yet another guy that looks just like me
Another picture, Another story, Another tale, Another piece
Some guy who got shot
Young guy left to rot
Lady got robbed
Some guys who got stopped

Open the paper in search of news and enlightenment
Met by some story ?bout hate and incitement
Half the stories in the paper ?bout us
Another woman got assaulted on the bus

There?s a piece about young immigrants and thugs
Another article ?bout brother selling drugs
Turn the page hurt my eyes enough
Yo this bs everyday is tough

It?s just me, just me
Yet again all the talks about me
Just me, just me
No matter what I do, you can?t set your mind free,

Hear a lie enough times and you believe it for sure
Obstacles in your way make u wanna quit

And turn your back on everything

Shine a light up
Brothers and sisters going get brighter
Even though the media try to demonize us
Need to wiser
With eyes wide shut
We ain?t gon? get nowhere
So man listen up
Raise your cup
It ain?t half empty
It?s half full
Life is a test
It faces many obstacles

Con la frente siempre en alto hasta el crepúsculo
Nunca esperando un milagrito mayúsculo
Soy ciego a los lamentos de aquellos que se aferran a ser victimas
Blanco, negro
Creyente no creyente
La belleza de este mundo es que somos differentes

Translation:
[Always facing the twilight
Never expecting miracles to happen
I have immunity to the wailing of those who insists on being victims
White, black
Believers, non-believers
The beauty of this world is the fact that we are different]

It?s just me, just me
Yet again all the talks about me
Just me, just me
No matter what I do, you can?t set your mind free,

Another day in parliament politicians speak
So call Guardians of the land protectors of the weak
Immigration this integration that
Minorities dissed again same ol? chat
Open the paper in search of news and enlightenment
Met by some story bout hate and incitement
Half the stories in the paper bout us
Another woman got assaulted on the bus

Theres a piece about young immigrants and thugs
Another article ?bout brother selling drugs
Turn the page hurt my eyes enough
Yo this bs everyday is tuff

It?s just me, just me
Yet again all the talks about me
Just me, just me
No matter what I do, you can?t set your mind free

Try to learn every single ayat
So my soul in front of Allah, gon? be smelling good
To that moment I be definitely making my move
In it for the money? Nah man, I?m in it for the truth
Ain?t about any gold or the ice
Sneaks and close is just part of the hype
MTV sucks big time
Cribs and bling - get a real life
But wow ? take a minut or 2
Why we spending so much money man that we don?t have boo
Every tiny detail, we gotta have kid!
Every kind of device to make us look rich
Hollywood, magazines, videos
Escaping anything & anyone away we go
In it sickening enough that we don?t really care
In it sickening of that we don?t wanna share
Wish for my brother what a wish for my self
Try to love the world less, put my ego to rest
?get rich or die tryin?? who ever said it was poor
don?t they ever gon? learn from the farao in gold

Kom Igen Kom Igen
Kom igen du min elskede ven
Kom Igen Kom Igen
Kom igen du min elskede ven
Wish for my brother what a wish for my self
Try to love the world less, put my ego to rest

Hey hvorfor er det lige du tror du kender mig
A shabi rasi hrakni
Så jeg venter bare på du kommer med en kommentar
Nogen burde sku bare klap i
For der er mange som der misforstår, når vi går
Render rundt og tror vi alle bistand får
YO hold lige
Kan vi ikke få nogle argumenter med noget hold i
Så må i heller komme igen med noget bedre
For jeg ser det mange steder
Læser osse om det når jeg sidder, og tjekker det på tv men jeg gider ikke sige hvad de hedder
Og de allerede ved at forberede nye ting
Siger det kun fordi jeg kan være det bekendt
Og de er allerede ved at forberede syge ting
I må heller kom med et bedre argument
Og jeg sidder og læser avisen, tænker hvorfor skriver de
Nogle ting om og om igen
For i denne verden som vi lever i
MÃ¥ vi heller? bare kom igen

Kom Igen Kom Igen
Kom igen du min elskede ven
Kom Igen Kom Igen
Kom igen du min elskede ven
Wish for my brother what a wish for my self
Try to love the world less, put my ego to rest

Moro get this Moro get that
Break your ego coz we don?t need that

M-R en medio O
O termina MORO ohhh

Que no te atrape la locura del dinero
Vender unidades solo ser un pesetero
Si no me gusta lo que hago y lo gozo
Si me muero de amargura no hay negocio
En cuanto a como hay que hacerlo todos tienen comentarios
Si no sabes a donde vas regresa pa? saber de donde vienes
En lo oscuro el alma es lo único que tienes
Ojos que no ven Corazón que nunca siente?
El juego comienza su trampa en tu mente

Who's gonna put this demon on hold
A to the DL to cold
These days your ego's too bold
Eating diamonds and gold
I got a nooz and a lasso right here
I got a whip that'll hit you right there
It's time to rush with no fear
It's time to crush and prepare
Follow the leader but the leader is a jerk
That's him in the corner with a smirk
He's a devil and he's making me work
I used to be calm until I went bezerk......

Kom Igen Kom Igen
Kom igen du min elskede ven
Kom Igen Kom Igen
Kom igen du min elskede ven
Wish for my brother what a wish for my self
Try to love the world less, put my ego to rest

Ek dafa tu yaha a ke dekh
Kuch lamhe tu bhi zara sah ke dekh
Kabhi apni aan or shaan ko rakh ker bande raah ja
Dard ho ga sahna
Door ho ga rahna
To bole mere naina
Kiya kehna hai
Inke bare me
Jo peete hai ghareeb ka khoon paseena
Dekhe hai aise meh ne beshoomar
Udh kehya hai is duniya se mera ehtebaar
Come on
Kidar jaye ka kidar haad pehlai ka
Kabhi na kabhi tu us ke samne girgary ka
Tobaa tu kare ka to ho ki teri qabool
Mafii teri mane rakhe ki hoga maqbool
Tere pass hi aye ke hum
Tera sivar or kidar ja sake ke hum
Karr de karam take mera reh jeye baram
Jana hai door tera noor manzil hai koh-hi toor

Koli ya Ibaddalah
shal mena baqi gasoem
I msiw fiha
Moeta dahya
Ken soefoe rwina
Ktila, honsoria
Hbebna eichin f tamara
Bleh mekla, bleh hoqoq
El qalb mahrok ma bqasi
Ki doq
Ken soef el fok oen soef fe sma
Tleb men allah I hfadna m'nar
Ma Tiqsi b'zahr. Tiqa f allah
Dagla djell gna ma ket shres
B'dinar, dollar, euro, tasi maqdar
Hedi hial agbar men maqbar
Allah oe Akbar

I only ask of God
He won't let me be indifferent to the suffering
That the very dried up death doesn?t find me
Empty and without having given my everything

I only ask of God
He won't let me be indifferent to the wars
It is a big monster which treads hard
On the poor innocence of people
It is a big monster which treads hard
On the poor innocence of people

People. people, people

I only ask of God
He won't let me be indifferent to the injustice
That they do not slap my other cheek
After a claw has scratched my whole body

I only ask of God
He won't let me be indifferent to the wars
It is a big monster which treads hard
On the poor innocence of people
It is a big monster which treads hard
On the poor innocence of people

People, people, people

Solo le pido a Dios
Que la guerra no me sea indiferente
Es un monstro grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
Es un monstro grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente

People, people, people

Sami Yusuf (chorus)
I wish you were here
here next to me
Im missing you so? so desperately
But lately I feel like you feel
and I see what I see how Im missing you..

Waqas :
What happend to the Ummah once known so well?

..(chorus)..

You used to inspire others with your way of thinking and speech
People came from afar just to hear us teach

What happend to the Ummah once known so well?
Greatness was known but now can you tell
Mosques are empty, refrigerators are stocked
We lost our deen, we feel secure because our mansions are locked
In my teen years salat really wasnt that tight
Now i gotta pray each one of them twice.

What happend to the Ummah once known so well?
Greatness was known but now can you tell
Brother we prefer light skinned women
while righteously maintain our deen against raicism (and tribalism)?

What happend to the Ummah once known so well?
Greatness was known but now can you tell
can you

..(chorus)..

Isam:

What happend to the Ummah once known so well?
Greatness was known but now can you tell
Kids in Africa starving cant afford to cry
I?ll pay the bank interest on a car I cant afford to buy


What happend to the Ummah once known so well?
Greatness was known but now can you tell
We used to smile at each other with faces full of light
Now we frown on each other, we bicker, and we fight
Pops in the mosque praying,
kids in the streets haitin
kids on the corner selling pot and in the mosque preaching?


What happend to the Ummah once known so well?
Greatness was known but now can you tell
The Quran has left our hearts - stranded hanging on our walls
6,232 verses so strong
9 out of 10 of us cant even read it or write
1924 seems distand like way before Christ


..(chorus)..


Lenny:

que le paso a la masa como puede ser
la grandesa conosida no la puedo ber
he bisto como mi figura cahe en tentation
al pesar que la vida ha esido buena con luce e ilusion
he bebido! perdon por mis pecados
tengo la cruce sobre mi cama
e il diablo a mi lado
que le paso a la masa como puede ser
la bellesa conosida no la puedo ber
e sentido incompetentia buscando la verdad
todos disen conoserla solo beo la maldad
que le paso a la masa como puede ser
la puressa conosida no la puedo ber

>> translation: <<

((
what happened to the uma how can that be?
the greatness known once i can?t see it no more
i have seen my eyes falling in temptation
although life has given me light and ilussions
i have drinked!forgiveness for my sins
i have the cross on the wall over my bed
and the devil at my side
what happened to the uma how can that be?
the beauty i known i can?t see it no more
i have felt the incompetence in my way to truth
everybody pretends to know it, but all i see is evil
what happened to the uma how can that be?
the purity i known i can?t see it no more
))


Isam:

If I was to fall on my knees and ask you to forgive everything and anyone out of love for the one? oh oh oh
I?ve seen..
And if you were to fall on your knees and ask me the same but I dont even think about it?,
lets just break out of the darkness of ignorance.


..(chorus).. X2

Uploaded BY DG-BoY 2005

With my right foot first
I stepped into the holy mosque
Upon the cold white marble
Where day and night people sat worshippin?, praying
Right and left the mosque being cleaned
Shinin? not a particle of dust
The carvings of marble, the plates of gold
The symmetry of the whole mosque
Yeah the largest of it all
The came the grandest of the whole
The big beautiful house of Allah
Covered with black cloth and gold leaf writin?
My life flashed passed me, the good and the bad
Such a feeling my brother, never ever felt I had
A special bondage to the almighty
A sudden chill in me
Lookin? around the large floor was filled with unity
Circling the beautiful house
Chanting, people sitting, prayin? for forgiveness
Prayin? to do better I witnessed
Takin? a deep breath, tears was runnin?
I ran around the black house, the ancient black house
Built by Ibrahim, peace be upon him, circlin? 24 no doubt
I got closer, as did my heart, as did my soul, amazing
How everyone had their attention only on worshippin?
All concerns forgotten, focused on prayin?
Forgettin? everything matters and happenings just living
I looked up in the sky thanking Allah for this journey
Sayin?: I swear I didn?t schedule to be here this early
I thought I?d come here like pops in my forties and fifties
And the doe I paid for the ticket, was meant for some hobby
But who am I to say if I will be alive tomorrow
Or 20 years from now, will my health be able to follow
For a moment I pictured my self 6 feet deep
In the cemetery, my corps in the same white sheets
Allah holds the master plan and it?s already written
The pens are withdrawn, the pages are dry... it?s written!

Looking back on my life
Life that?s gladly been given to me
Open my eyes and embrace the smile
Given to you & I

Con mi mano derecha abro la puerta
Mi madre me recibe con un periódico y una carta
Veo fotos de mi padre abatido por disparos
De momentos ya yo espero
Que mis lágrimas caigan, me preparo
Me sorprende que mis ojos estén secos y mi alma esté calmada
En mi cuerpo no hay dolor por una persona ya olvidada

Translation:
[With my right hand I open the door
My mom welcomes me with a newspaper and a letter
I see pictures of my father fetched down by shots
In that moment I?m only waiting
For my tears to fall, I?m prepared
But to my surprise my eyes are dry and my soul is calm
In my whole body there?s no sign of grief for a forgotten person]

Staring outside, there was something I realized
Tomorrow the sun will rise, and together
Will see the beauty of eternity

Salgo a caminar y despejar mis pensamientos
Lo normal sería sufrimiento
O un parecido sentimiento
Le pido a Dios que lo amparé en sus últimos momentos

Translation:
[I go out, take a walk and clear my thoughts
The anticipated feeling would be suffering or something similar
I ask God to be merciful in the final hours]

Looking back on my life
Life that?s gladly been given to me
Open my eyes and embrace the smile
Given to you & I
Looking back on my life
No regret only the sweet journey
Lessons from the simple steps
Taking by you & I

With my right hand first
I open the door to the room where my woman gave birth
To my first born son
Only minutes before
I was in the waiting room, nervous
Moms giving me comfort
Family support
As I approached I could hear him crying
I didn?t notice
That my tears were running
Pictured myself for a moment in the arms of my father
Flashback to the bended shoulders
On which I?d sit
Grabbing his finger
Taking my first step
Would I become like him?
After a certain age bottle up
Stop showing love
But cold handshakes throughout the years
Replaced by hugs
Father whispered in his ears
The family was gathered
Pictures were taken
My hands still shaking
My joy was beyond words
Him in my arms
3 generations of tears running so calm
He came with Gods blessing and grace so we named him Faizan

If I worship U in fear of hell, burn me in it
And if I worship U in hope of paradise, exclude me from it
But if I worship U for Your own being
Don?t withhold from me Your everlasting beauty

If I worship U in fear of hell, burn me in it
And if I worship U in hope of paradise, exclude me from it
But if I worship U for Your own being
Don?t withhold from me Your everlasting beauty