Yusuf's song : "Your Mother"

[laurieann]

As a mother of five, this song was a real tearjerker, I only found the lyrics today:

www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/1161187072/Yusuf_Islam/Your_Mother

Who should I give my love to?
My respect and my honor to
Who should I pay good mind to?
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hold you
And clean you and clothe you
Who used to feed you?
And always be with you
When you were sick
Stay up all night
Holding you tight
That's right no other
Your mother (My mother)

Who should I take good care of?
Giving all my love
Who should I think most of?
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hear you
Before you could talk
Who used to hold you?
Before you could walk
And when you fell who picked you up
Cleaned your cut
No one but your mother
My mother

Who should I stay rigt close to?
Listen most to
Never say no to
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hug you
And buy you new clothes
comb your hair
And blow your nose
And when you cry
Who wiped your tears?
Knows your fears
Who really cares?
My mother

Say Alhamdulillah
Thank you Allah
Thank you Allah
For my mother.

[berber]

MOTHER


Blessed is your face
Blessed is your name
My beloved
Blessed is your smile
Which makes my soul want to fly
My beloved
All the nights
And all the times
That you cared for me
But I never realised it
And now it’s too late
Forgive me
Now I’m alone filled with so much shame
For all the years I caused you pain
If only I could sleep in your arms again
Mother I’m lost without you
You were the sun that brightened my day
Now who’s going to wipe my tears away
If only I knew what I know today
Mother I’m lost without you

Mother... Mother... O my mother
How I long to see O mother
“Your mother, Your mother, Your mother”
Is the saying of your Prophet
In my heart, in my dreams
You are always with me mother

You went and left me
O light of my eyes
O comfort of my nights
You went and left me
Who, other than you, will embrace me?
Who, other than you, will cover me?
Who, other than you, will guard over me?
Your pardon mother, forgive me

SAMI YUSUF

[Starlight]

laurieann said:

As a mother of five, this song was a real tearjerker, I only found the lyrics today:

www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/1161187072/Yusuf_Islam/Your_Mother

Who should I give my love to?
My respect and my honor to
Who should I pay good mind to?
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hold you
And clean you and clothe you
Who used to feed you?
And always be with you
When you were sick
Stay up all night
Holding you tight
That's right no other
Your mother (My mother)

Who should I take good care of?
Giving all my love
Who should I think most of?
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hear you
Before you could talk
Who used to hold you?
Before you could walk
And when you fell who picked you up
Cleaned your cut
No one but your mother
My mother

Who should I stay rigt close to?
Listen most to
Never say no to
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hug you
And buy you new clothes
comb your hair
And blow your nose
And when you cry
Who wiped your tears?
Knows your fears
Who really cares?
My mother

Say Alhamdulillah
Thank you Allah
Thank you Allah
For my mother.

[Starlight]

Laurieann that is a beautiful song. I wonder if Yusuf ever recorded it. I assume it would be on one of his muslim recordings if he did, but except for the muslim references the meaning is universal and beautifully written. And for those of you who are muslim, I realize that Yusuf is muslim and the muslim references are important to him. Anyway, nobody can write a song like Yusuf!

[Huru]

Hi Starlight, here is the link to the info about "Your Mother"
it's on Yusuf's album I Look I See

tinyurl.com/ylkl9w

[Golden Sands]

I found the song on UTUBE.. it's sung by children. it's very beautiful. However, i will not post the link here, because whoever uploaded the video on UTUBE is a fanatic. The guy basically uploads these children's songs to lure people, and then puts all this freightening messages about the hellfire. so you can search for it on your own, but beware!

[laurieann]

Thank you for telling me about the children singing this song, their voices are beautiful
I ignored the hell talk,
laurie

[Golden Sands]

That's good what you did

I like the song a lot.. but I can see my dad making a comment when the children sing "and then you faaaather".. they almost sound sarcastic!

[Chris]

Thanks goldensands, I'll try to look it up on youtube as well. I did listen to it on Jamal Records, it's sung by Zain Bhaikha son.
www.jamalrecords.com/catalog/albums_ilis.html

A couple of years ago, I was fortunate enough to see Yusuf at XM radio station in DC. One of the most memorable moments of the interview was when they played this endearing little song.