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Shaaban Robert ΑΜΙΝΑ Shaaban Robert Amina you left my sight, leading the way to death Like a bloom shutting tight, the same day it effloresced I'm praying for you, my light, that paradise grants you rest The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie I wanted to see you stand, and lift you up with my pleas I didn't want you to end, carried away by disease But with His merciful hand, God picked you out as he pleased The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie My grief cannot be worded, each moment reminiscent My thoughts cannot be herded, reliving dreamy visions I didn't know what death did, how it could end existence The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie I don't believe souls decay, or spirits disappear We tag along to be saved, until the beyond comes near My love you are on your way, approaching celestial spheres The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie There's one thing I remember. I know it for a fact, dear Now you may truly enter that place where pain won't matter That's why I feel such pleasure, although I must stay back here The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie What I have composed is done. I'm sending my prayers to you The day dust gathers as one, and souls are given back too And death itself is withdrawn, that's when our love is renewed The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie TRANSLATED FROM THE SWAHILI BY RICHARD PRINS

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Shaaban Robert
Amina you left my sight, leading the way to death
Like a bloom shutting tight, the same day it effloresced
I'm praying for you, my light, that paradise grants you rest
The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie

I wanted to see you stand, and lift you up with my pleas
I didn't want you to end, carried away by disease
But with His merciful hand, God picked you out as he pleased
The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie

My grief cannot be worded, each moment reminiscent
My thoughts cannot be herded, reliving dreamy visions
I didn't know what death did, how it could end existence
The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie

I don't believe souls decay, or spirits disappear
We tag along to be saved, until the beyond comes near
My love you are on your way, approaching celestial spheres
The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie

There's one thing I remember. I know it for a fact, dear
Now you may truly enter that place where pain won't matter
That's why I feel such pleasure, although I must stay back here
The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie

What I have composed is done. I'm sending my prayers to you
The day dust gathers as one, and souls are given back too
And death itself is withdrawn, that's when our love is renewed
The knot of love we fastened, there's no one to untie TRANSLATED FROM THE SWAHILI BY RICHARD PRINS