In every moment… breathed in is your name
And sweeter than air… your name it became
Flowing deep within my veins… your name immortal remains
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Ali on my tongue, and it did not find one sweeter than Ali
Ali, my heart flutters whenever my tongue’s spoken Ali
Ali, and never has my tongue once forsaken Ali
Ali took the chains of my love and love’s taken Ali
Ali in my words, and they seek to reawaken Ali
Ali drew me in when by my tongue he was praised
A lover’s crush and, his name, it left my heart dazed
Every love your name it drains… your name immortal remains
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Ali know I found that only love could comprehend Ali
Ali in the beat of my heart, daily it would trend Ali
Ali, if confused, my love would toward my heart send Ali
Ali, if my heart was wounded, my love it would lend Ali
Ali, if fallen, my love toward me would extend Ali
Ali, your name became the tune of my heartbeat
And daily my mornings would love of Ali greet
Upon my heart’s barren plains… your name immortal remains
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Ali became my pupil, therefore my eye just sees Ali
Ali beautified my sight, reminding me that he’s Ali
Ali taught me to recall him and so death frees Ali
Ali’s beauties in my eye, daily it studies Ali
Ali can only be known by saying Ali is Ali
Ali, worlds apart we stand and my eye searches
For the heavenly throne on which your name perches
And when this throne it attains… your name immortal remains
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Ali, what a name, and how many, their children, name Ali
Ali on their foreheads, and with this their hearts became Ali
Ali’s the picture that each house hangs up with the frame “Ali”
Ali’s one, and all know there can never be the same Ali
Ali’s love we can’t be blamed for, for none would dare blame Ali
Ali, every house their household to you presents
Before they decide to, their love for you consents
Mortality, it complains… your name immortal remains
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Ali found me an orphan, and an orphan I found Ali
Ali rejoiced at my voice and I adored the sound “Ali”
Ali crowned me a king, and my love for Ali crowned Ali
Ali drowned me in tears, but my tears have never drowned Ali
Ali circled my heart and my heart circled around Ali
Ali became a love that was like no other
His name fed to my cradle by my own mother
Time from him never refrains… your name immortal remains
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Ali’s a garden and daily I would wander Ali
Ali ponders my sins and my sins they all ponder Ali
Ali gave all to me, yet I’d not surrender Ali
Ali’s my enemies’ fear, and they’d never hinder Ali
Ali’s just one, and my love did not find a splendour Ali
Ali, the name that my heart saw as immortal
I breathed his name till I became old and frail
Your name a cure to my pains… your name immortal remains
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(London – 20/03/13)