Every heart beats O’ Ali… nothing defeats O’ Ali
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O’ Ali we were all taught from the cradle
To call out your name when we slip or fail
Our mothers said when to walk we weren’t able
His name is the key to every miracle
Each cradle greets O’ Ali… nothing defeats O’ Ali
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The call of help me Ali has a secret
It shows how every tongue is deep in your debt
It shows that with death Ali you’d never met
Ali is the sun that rose and never set
Death never meets O’ Ali… nothing defeats O’ Ali
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It’s more than a cry when in need of courage
It’s heard in every place and in every age
To the heart of Ali’s love it’s a rib cage
And in his book of love it’s on every page
His love it heats O’ Ali… nothing defeats O’ Ali
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It’s not disbelief or against religion
God loves all those who seek an intercession
Neither is it at all an innovation
Called out O’ Ali the best of creation
His voice repeats O’ Ali… nothing defeats O’ Ali
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When in need call out the victor of Khaybar
Call out the one named by his mother Haider
Show the world that Ali’s not just your leader
By God’s will he’s also the greatest helper
Evil it eats – O’ Ali… nothing defeats O’ Ali
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O’ Ali O’ moon that lights up even day
Don’t leave our tongues unanswered and in dismay
If you would not turn an enemy away
Help your lovers when in troubles their souls sway
Sorrow it treats O’ Ali
Nothing defeats O’ Ali
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(New York – 22/05/14)