O King, glorifying God in Sanayi's poem and Chavoshi's song
Pars Today- The song Malekā (O King), with a poem by the Iranian poet, Sanayi, deals with glorifying of God and servitude to Him in the form of pop music.
The song Malekā is among the works of the Iranian pop singer, Mohsen Chavoshi. Chavoshi himself has done the composition and arrangement of the work.
The poem of this piece has been composed by "Sanayi Ghaznavi". "Abul Majd Majdood ibn Adam" with the pen name of "Sanayi", is the great and renowned poet and mystic of the 11th and 12th centuries. Sanayi's poetry reveals his profound knowledge of the sciences of his time.
The globally renowned Iranian poet and mystic, Mowlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi (Rumi) would consider himself as a follower of Sanayi.
The text of the song, Malekā (O King) concentrates on glorification of God and expressing servitude to Him.
Sanayi, in this poet, enumerates various attributes of God such as purity, grandeur, oneness, generosity, justice and knowledge.
The poet, after mentioning some of the most important names and attributes of God, considers himself humble and submissive before such a perfect and one being who is devoid of any flaw or defect.
Many themes of this poem have been adopted from the verses of the holy Qur'an and the Islamic narrations. For instance, the phrase, "You Don't have a wife and a peer" has been clarified in chapter Towhid in the verse, "He neither begat, nor was begotten".
In the era when the big Western companies make commonplace and cheap works with the aim of gaining more and more profit and capital, producing such works, which touching upon the rich Iranian-Islamic tradition, promote spiritual values, is praiseworthy. What follows is the text of the song:
O King! I call Your name as You're Pure and God for me,
No path will I march in, save the one that You show me.
Only Your presence I seek; only Your grace I look for,
Only Your oneness I recite, as it behooves You not me.
Might 'n' majesty You're wholly; knowledge 'n' certitude You're wholly,
Light 'n' bliss You're wholly, generosity 'n' reward You're wholly.
Every Unseen You know; every defect You conceal,
Every plenitude You decrease, as You increase every scarcity
No word can describe You; as no mind can contain You,
Your like can't be named, as You're beyond anything imaginary.
You've neither a wife nor a peer; You've no need to eat 'n' sleep,
You're the wifeless 'n' peerless One, the King ruling with majesty
You're pure of food 'n' sleep; pure of an associate 'n' similar anyone it be,
You're pure of face 'n' color, pure of defect 'n' flaw with magnanimity.
No being was there, but You were; no being will be there, but You will be,
You neither move, nor change; as from any decrease 'n' increase You're free
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