A beautiful baul song of the movie The Clay Bird / Matir Moina
(Here a lady and a baul argues about the orthodox religious view and that of the mystics. The lady pooints out non-accepted ways of the mystics, and the baul answers back in the song)
If you wish to go to heaven
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
I'm just your daughters age
I'll assume the side of sharia
To take an anti-Sufi stance
Don't take what I say to heart
You ignore the Holy Scriptures
What kind of Muslims are you?
Why are the mullahs
Always angry with you?
You need wisdom to grasp the Koran
How can half-read mullahs interpret intricate scriptures?
Without knowing the text they preach to others
The dogmatic mullahs make a living from deception.
We don't lust for heaven, We have no fear of hell.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
You sufis chant Allahs name ignoring creed and prayer. You smoke pot during Ramadan
With the excuse of meditation.
You don't go on pilgrimage
You don't give charity
What you have against ritual sacrifice?
Why should Muslims quaver at the sight of blood?
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
You are asked to sacrifice your dearest ones
Are cows and goats your most beloved?
Nothing is dearer than yourself
The supreme sacrifice is self sacrifice.
If you can restrain your senses and control your passions, Keep love within your heart .
You roam around with women without wedding them. You dance and sing together without shame.
The outside world is for men
The women's place is at home
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
Woman is the seed of life,
Source of creation.
Those who believe in inequality lock women into marriage.
Woman is the vessel of love, the Mother
Without her we wouldn't come to earth
You need both man and woman for procreation and creation
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
(Here a lady and a baul argues about the orthodox religious view and that of the mystics. The lady pooints out non-accepted ways of the mystics, and the baul answers back in the song)
If you wish to go to heaven
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
I'm just your daughters age
I'll assume the side of sharia
To take an anti-Sufi stance
Don't take what I say to heart
You ignore the Holy Scriptures
What kind of Muslims are you?
Why are the mullahs
Always angry with you?
You need wisdom to grasp the Koran
How can half-read mullahs interpret intricate scriptures?
Without knowing the text they preach to others
The dogmatic mullahs make a living from deception.
We don't lust for heaven, We have no fear of hell.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
You sufis chant Allahs name ignoring creed and prayer. You smoke pot during Ramadan
With the excuse of meditation.
You don't go on pilgrimage
You don't give charity
What you have against ritual sacrifice?
Why should Muslims quaver at the sight of blood?
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
You are asked to sacrifice your dearest ones
Are cows and goats your most beloved?
Nothing is dearer than yourself
The supreme sacrifice is self sacrifice.
If you can restrain your senses and control your passions, Keep love within your heart .
You roam around with women without wedding them. You dance and sing together without shame.
The outside world is for men
The women's place is at home
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
Woman is the seed of life,
Source of creation.
Those who believe in inequality lock women into marriage.
Woman is the vessel of love, the Mother
Without her we wouldn't come to earth
You need both man and woman for procreation and creation
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
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