{"product_id":"9780993456909","title":"Songs In Search Of A Musician","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed by one reader as 'sort of like Rumi meets Dylan', this collection of lyric verse brings a new voice to the long tradition of English poetry. Written from the unique perspective of a western convert to Islam in the 70's, Songs In Search of A Musician takes the reader on a journey across an inner landscape of emotion, reflection, insight and spiritual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by striking and original black and white photos, the poems are gathered into four themed sections. The first, Zam Zam, deals with the relationship between the self and the Divine, with pilgrimage, prayer, invocation and rememberance, with death and the afterlife. The second, Asabiyyah, is a reflection on family, kinship, community, love and loss, travel and homecoming. Margin Call is a shouted cry against the crimes of usury banking, speculation, paper money, war and injustice. Sufi Blues is a mixed bag of songs about the human condition, poised as we are between fear and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first collection of poems, each with their own distinct rhythm and rhyme, is perhaps best described in the opening poem, Welcome Mat. And if you listen carefully, you may just hear the tune as you read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome of these are serious\u003cp\u003eAnd some of them just ain’t\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome are like trying to bottle mist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd some are like spraying paint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome might cut you to the quick\u003cp\u003eAnd some may cut you slow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWords like stones in a dry stone wall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr drops in the river’s flow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI offer them, just like the sap\u003cp\u003eThat flows within my wrist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn hope that you may catch the line\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr maybe get the gist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf good there be, it’s from my Lord\u003cp\u003eOr from the ones that taught me\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome just hit me where I stood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr as I turned, they caught me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome dropped from my eyes as tears\u003cp\u003eAnd dried here, on the pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome with sorrow, some with joy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome quick, and some for ages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome dropped like stone and rippled deep\u003cp\u003eWithin my caged heart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd some burst like a water bomb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd blew me wide apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome taste a little, taste a lot\u003cp\u003eFill your belly, fill your pot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd take away the ones that stay and linger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne may take your hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne may take your heart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr may just touch the tip of your finger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Looking For Fitra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036034089200,"sku":"9780993456909","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780993456909_p0.jpg?v=1763899125","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780993456909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}