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THE CALL TO EVENING PRAYER by SAROJINI NAIDU

First Line: ALLAH HO AKBAR! ALLAH HO AKBAR!
Last Line: NARAY'YANA! NARAY'YANA!
Subject(s): CHURCHES; CLERGY; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; PRAYER; RELIGION; WOMEN - BIBLE; CATHEDRALS; PRIESTS; RABBIS; MINISTERS; BISHOPS; VIRGIN MARY; THEOLOGY;

@3Allah ho Akbar! Allah ho Akbar!@1
From mosque and minar the muezzins are calling;
Pour forth your praises, O Chosen of Islam;
Swiftly the shadows of sunset are falling:
@3Allah ho Akbar! Allah ho Akbar!

Ave Maria! Ave Maria!@1
Devoutly the priests at the altars are singing;
O ye who worship the Son of the Virgin,
Make your orisons, the vespers are ringing:
@3Ave Maria! Ave Maria!

Ahura Mazda! Ahura Mazda!@1
How the sonorous Avesta is flowing!
Ye, who to Flame and the light make obeisance,
Bend low where the quenchless blue torches are glowing:
@3Ahura Mazda! Ahura Mazda!

Naray'yana! Naray'yana!@1
Hark to the ageless, divine invocation!
Lift up your hands, O ye children of Bramha.
Lift up your voices in rapt adoration:
@3Naray'yana! Naray'yana!@1



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