[Tariqas] Call of the Mourning Dove

[IrvingK57 at aol.com]

_Call of the Mourning Dove_ 
(http://darvish.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/call-of-the-mourning-dove/) 
 
 
At first light, the Mourning Dove
Woke me from my slumber, calling 
Coo, cooo ooo, coo, coo coo 
Alhamdulillah! O timely bird,
Life is short and death is long 
La illaha ill Allah!
Each word I heard in your song 
Awake! Awake! O lazy one,
Time is flying, the sun is rising 
Now the muezzin echoes your call,
Singing the faithful to prayer 
The earth is a prayer rug,
Under a blue-domed mosque 
La illaha ill Allah!
La illaha ill Allah! 
Irving Karchmar, July 2007