14. Faraway - Ar Rahman (The most compassionate) Demis Roussos (Egypt/Greece)
So much great music in the world that we miss due to where we are born and what cultures we adopt. I would have missed this song completely in my life if I was not seeking outside myself.
Wow this song is from 1976 the year I was born. You know it sounds so epic, like it belongs to a Bollywood film. Except he is singing in English. Its pure fantasy and I love it for this nature. One day some handsome prince is gonna take me far away. Well turns out I'm not the only one thinking this. Check out the version below. From the comments below I can guess that Bollywood took the song and replaced it with some hindi lyrics. Lets see if I can find it? Okay someone just put the song to a Bollywood song so there is no Hindi version.
Demis Roussos Featuring Hasna Far Away video from a Bollywood Film
The actual song in the Bollywood Film
Okay total confusion going on. All that we need to know is that Demis Roussos did the original song. (Sadly he passed away last year, please learn about him if you don't know him already). I'm going on about it because its from the year I was born and I'm related it to the 2nd 99 names of Allah. According to my source Ar -Rahman is endless love. It is the infinite, unconditional reality of love. This is the name in the Quran said to be the heart of Allah. In other words God’s essence necessarily includes this quality of love. Ar-Rahman might be imagined as the inner self of God, an infinite container that is incredibly compassionate, kind and tender. It is the sun of loving compassion that is endless shining. The root meaning comes from the word rahm “womb”. In human beings this quality in naturally felt in relations to pregnancy. Allah provides human beings a womb to be born into and through which to have the realisation of the love that is at the very foundation of all that exists.”
The reason Im connecting this song to this name is because of its epic and sensual value. I first experienced fantasy, romance and ideas of love when hearing this. However with the connection of Ar Rahman this song helps to elevate those emotions to another level. Im flying! It can reach parts of me that feel like ecstasy if I let it. Just by feeling I am love and being in love with everything around me. I can loose myself with just the idea of that I am both the lucky man and the woman and allow my soul to sing this to my physical body and mind. Check our the lyrics below. Such a deep love for myself and acknowledgement of who I am and what I am, has really been realised a lot through music, as in day to day life there is not really much talk on this level. Birthdays are always a measure of worldly attainment and success. Its up to us individually to check in on our spiritual evolution and understanding of life itself.
Tell me about a song you love outside your usual culture? How did you come across it? What do you love about it?
Lyrics:
There's a lucky man who'll take you faraway,
faraway, so very very faraway
he will come some day
To another land he'll take you faraway
faraway, so very very faraway
this will come they say
Nobody knows, who will share
all your love pure and fair
but in your eyes I can see
that someone will be me
Who will catch your heart my lovely
who can say, who can say
from tomorrow you will stay
more than just a day
To another land he'll take you faraway,
faraway, so very very faraway
love will show the way
Nobody knows, who will share
all your love pure and fair
but in your eyes I can see
that someone will be me
Nobody knows who will share all your love
but in your eyes that someone will be me
nobody knows who will share
all your love pure and fair
but in your eyes I can see
that someone will be me
nobody knows who will share all your love