by Abusa'id Abolkhayr (967 - 1049), as Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr
Translation © by Coleman Barks (b. 1937)
باز آ باز آ، هر آن چه هستی باز آ
Language: Persian (Farsi)
باز آ باز آ، هر آن چه هستی باز آ گر کافر و گبر و بت پرستی باز آ این درگه ما درگه نومیدی نیست صد بار اگر توبه شکستی باز آ
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Text Authorship:
- by Abusa'id Abolkhayr (967 - 1049), as Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Coleman Barks (b. 1937) , copyright © ; composed by Giselle Wyers.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-10
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Word count: 32
Come, Come Whoever You Are
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving [ ... ]
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This text is a popular English free-verse translation/adaptation by Coleman Barks, widely missattributed to the 13th-century Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Text Authorship:
- by Coleman Barks (b. 1937), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Abusa'id Abolkhayr (967 - 1049), as Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Giselle Wyers (b. 1969), "Come, Come Whoever You Are", copyright © 2009 [ satb chorus ], Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Score: Santa Barbara Music Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 31