Rumi Remembered - Inspiration

by Garo and Friends

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1.	Garo And Friends - This World Made Of Our Love 05:08	lyrics	buy track
This world made of our love Praise to the emptiness That blanks out existence. Existence. This world made of our love for that emptiness. Yet somehow comes emptiness this existence goes. Praise to that happening over and over For years I pulled my own existence out of emptiness. Yet one swoop, swing of the arm that work is over. Free of who I was. Free of fear, free of presence, Free of mountainous wanting The here and now mountain is a tiny piece of straw, blown off into emptiness. These words I’m saying begin so much to lose their meaning. Existence, emptiness, mountain and straw. Words and what they try to say went out the window, down the slant of the roof.
2.	For Sixty Years 05:12	lyrics	buy track
For sixty years I have been forgetful Every minute but Not for a second has this flowing toward me has stopped. I deserve nothing, today I recognize that I am the guest that the mystics talk about. I play this living music for my host Everything today is for the host How is it with this love I see your world and not you?
3.	Again I am Within Myself 03:17	lyrics	buy track
AGAIN I AM WITHIN MYSELF Again, I am within myself. I walked away but here I come sailing back, feet in the air, upside down as a saint when he opens his eyes from prayer: Now. The room, the tablecloth, familiar faces. Listen if you can stand to. Listen if you can stand to. Union with the Friend, means not being who you have been, being instead silence. (Now) The place: a view where language is inside seeing
4.	What Do You Think Will Happen 03:22	info	buy track
5.	Say I Am You 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Say I am You I am dust particles in the sunlight. I am the round sun. To bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving. I am morning mist, and the breathing of evening. I am wind in the top of a grove, and the surf on the cliff. Mast, rudder, helmsman and keel, I am also coral reef they founder on. I am a tree with a trained parrot on its branches. Silence, thought and voice. The musical air coming through a flute, And a spark off a stone. Candle and the moth crazy around it. I’m the rose and nightingale. What is and what is not. You who know Jelaluddin, You the one in all, say who I am.
6.	I Came And Sat In Front Of You 04:15	lyrics	buy track
I came and sat in front of you As I would at an alter The promises I made before I broke when I saw you You were alone I got you to sing You were quit I made tell stories No one knew who you were But now they do Something opens our wings Something makes hurt disappear Someone fills the cup in front of us We only feel sacredness Out of nowhere a horse Brought us here Where we taste love Until we don’t exist again this taste Is the wine we mention Don’t come to us without music We celebrate with drum and flute With wine not made from grapes In a place you can’t imagine
7.	I Have Such A Teacher 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of poverty Having nothing, wanting nothing I am a naked man standing inside a mine of rubies clothed in red silk I observe the shining and now I see the ocean Billions of emotions Moving in me A circle of lovely quiet people become the ring on my finger Then the wind and the thunder of rain on the way I have such a teacher
8.	This We Have Now 03:52	info	buy track
9.	What Fear Of Loss 03:55	lyrics	buy track
When we are with you What fear of loss could we possible have? You change every grief to joy You give us the key to each world we come to. You sweeten the lips of those we love And open their mouths in desire Hold us in silence Do not throw us back into some discussion You are beyond al guessing Yet within each guess beginning to be revealed We are the ground beneath you Let someone else describe the sky
10.	Yedi Öğüt (Turkish - Seven Lessons) 05:09	lyrics	buy track
Cömertlikde, yardım etmede, Akar su gibi ol Şefkât ve merhametde, Güneş gibi ol Ya olduğun gibi görün Ya göründüğün gibi ol Başkalarının kusurunu örtmede, Gece gibi ol Hiddet ve asabiyetde, Ölü gibi ol Tevazuda ve alçak gönüllülükde, Toprak gibi ol Herşeyi hoş görmede, Deniz gibi ol Seven Lessons With generosity and helpfulness Be like the flowing water With compassion and forgiveness Be like the shining sun When seeing faults in others Be like the night When angered and irritated Be like a corpse In humility and modesty Be like the earth (under our feet) In tolerance and patience Be like the (vast) ocean Either appear as you are Or be as you appear

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The album ‘Rumi Remembered - Inspiration’ has it’s roots in the poetry and the teachings of Rumi. Using mostly Western instruments and a few of Eastern, the music aims to produce unique, meditative and contemplative melodies.

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released November 3, 2012

Garo Altinian - Composer, Vocal, Guitar, Amir Rahbar - Arrangements, Keyboard, Piano, Agah Ecevit - Ney, Samuel Bisson - Cello, Reza Moghaddas - Bass, Amir Samimi - Percussion, Lisbeth Hilgesen - Backup Vocals, Golrokh Aminian - Backup Vocals

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Garo and Friends Ottawa, Ontario

Garo And Friends are musicians dedicated to playing inspirational and contemplative original compositions by Garo Altinian, inspired by spiritual traditions, in the western pop/folk style. Many talented musicians have been part of the group and participated in various projects, like CD's or concerts, and they have become ‘Friends’ of Garo thus Garo and Friends became known as a band. ... more