The Sound of Tears

Redemption from desire Desires a lonely crier AstaghfiruLlaha inn Allaha Dhu Karamin (I ask forgiveness of God! Truly God possesses generosity) Wa rahmatin lilladhi qad taba min zalali (And compassion for the one who turns away after his errors) In the timeless time, before our time When You called us forth to bear witness Following the devout I answered "Yes, without the shadow of a doubt" Your Spoken Word, was what I'd heard As I stumbled into wakefulness As we gathered about It stirred me within as it shook me without And the years they passed till the day at last I awoke with a cry – oh, the pain of severance! And then I felt it again, and again But there was a mercy that was hidden in the pain Ravenous desire, a burning fire Who am I to claim a share in deliverance? I can always explain But my time's running out, and my guilt is plain Oh One Who hears, the sound of tears As they quench the thirst of the earth that I pray on My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on Oh One Who sees, my arrogant knees As they kiss the ground in the hopes of redemption My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on As I took the trust, on ruz-e-alast The mountains quaked at the consequences As I pledged to obey The Earth cried over the ones who'll go astray As our ships set sail, and worldly veils Sent us drifting to our distances The mind did lose The Way But the heart kept reminding of yesterday Now here I am, a broken man I've earned the fate that Your justice regulates Dry, empty hands Don't stop the flow of the hourglass' sand Oh Free of Need, You have decreed Your mercy descends on the one who supplicates Raised, empty hands Plead mercy, my Lord, plead a generous hand Oh One Who hears, the sound of tears As they quench the thirst of the earth that I pray on My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on Oh One Who knows the song of those Who wail in remorse at the sting of separation My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on Forgive me and relieve me And a wing of hope, do give me Just a wing of fear that's with me Won't get me near the Promised Land Redemption from desire Desires a lonely crier Your closeness I aspire But I can't carry on if you don't take my hand Oh One Who hears, the sound of tears As they quench the thirst of the earth that I pray on My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on Oh One Who sees, my arrogant knees As they kiss the ground in the hopes of redemption My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on Rabbana dhalamna anfusana, wa illam taghfir lana (O Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us) Wa tarhamna, la nakunanna min al-khasirin (And have mercy on us, we shall certainly be among the lost) Oh One Who knows the song of those Who wail in remorse at the sting of separation My Lord, forgive me I have failed the covenant that I had taken on