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that I am the guest the mystics talk about.
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that I am the guest the mystics talk about.
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I play this living music for my host.
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I play this living music for my host.
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Everything today is for the host.
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Everything today is for the host.
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IMRAU‘L - QAYS
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IMRAUL-QAYS
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Imrau ‘l-Qays, king of the Arabs,
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Imraul-Qays, king of the Arabs,
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was very handsome and a poet full of love songs.
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was very handsome and a poet full of love songs.
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Women loved him desperately. Everyone loved him,
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Women loved him desperately. Everyone loved him,
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but there came one night an experience
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but there came one night an experience
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from one weather, one landscape, to another.
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from one weather, one landscape, to another.
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Love dissolved his king-self and led him to Tabuk,
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Love dissolved his king-self and led him to Tabuk,
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where he worked for a time making bricks.
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where he worked for a time making bricks.
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Someone told the king of Tabuk about Imrau ‘l-Qays,
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Someone told the king of Tabuk about Imrau l-Qays,
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and that king came to visit him at night.
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and that king came to visit him at night.
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“King of the Arabs, handsome Joseph of this age,
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“King of the Arabs, handsome Joseph of this age,
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ruler of two empires, one composed of territories,
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ruler of two empires, one composed of territories,
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I would be honored. You abandon kingdoms,
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I would be honored. You abandon kingdoms,
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because you want more than kingdoms.”
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because you want more than kingdoms.”
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The king of Tabuk went on like this, praising
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The king of Tabuk went on like this, praising
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Imrau ‘l-Qays and talking theology and philosophy.
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Imrau l-Qays and talking theology and philosophy.
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Imrau ‘l-Qays kept silent.
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Imrau l-Qays kept silent.
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Then suddenly he leaned and whispered something
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Then suddenly he leaned and whispered something
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in the second kings ear, and that second
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in the second kings ear, and that second
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king became a wild wanderer too.
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king became a wild wanderer too.
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