Lyrics

YOU ARE ENOUGH FOR ME
Words of Rabi’a 713AD – 801AD
Translated by Andrew Harvey.
Music by Georgia Carr



O Beloved, whatever share of this world you could give to me,
Give it to your enemies:
Whatever share of the next world
you want to give to me –
Give it to your friends –
You are enough for me.

O God, my whole concern
and desire in this world,
Is that I should always remember you
Above all things in this world,
And that in the next
I should meet you alone.
That it why I always pray:
‘Your Will be done.’

O my Beloved –
if I worship you from fear of hell,
burn me there.
If I worship you – from hope of paradise, bar me from its gates.
But if I worship You for Yourself alone
Then grace me forever
the splendour of your Face
Grace me forever
the splendour of your Face

Grant me the beauty of your Face.