Friday, June 22, 2007

Dust In The Wind

In 1977, this song was born. It was Kansas' only top 10 charting single. It has religious overtones that crossed religions:

"Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end to Us shall ye be brought back" ... al-Ankabut 29:59

"The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was" ... ali-Imran 3:59

"That is their recompense, because they rejected Our signs, and said, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new Creation?" ... al-Isra' 17:98

"Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil (without growth or herbage)" ... al-Kahf 18:8

"He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true" ... al-Kahf 18:98

"Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (mere) dust!" ... an-Naba 78:40

And even in Christianity: "What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever" ... Ecclesiastes 3-4

It speaks of the concept of "nothingness", of being nothing, and of us as nothing...



Dust In The Wind - Kansas

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.

2 comments:

dew embun said...

Salam Hoopoe...

Hmmm...I was thinking that this talks more about the superfluous nature of our lives, how we think that we are significant and important and we chase this and that when actually...we are nothing but dust in the wind.

That really, we are inconsequential to Allah's universe despite us being appointed Khalifah...

'Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea,
All we do, crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see'

A reminder of our transient state...that we are to not hang on because nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky...It (meaning Time, health maybe?) slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy...

Somehow, I am reminded of the perished nations of the past as well...

TheHoopoe said...

Hitting it right at the bull's eyes...