Sami Yusuf – Awake (Uyan Ey Gözlerim)

The song of this music- video was composed by a renowned 17th century Ottoman Polish scholar and musician, W. Bobowski (1610- 1675) who embraced Islam and adopted the name Ali Ufki Bey.

The lyrics for this specific song express the poet’s regret for having slept through the dawn prayer. The first line of the poem reads, “Wake from your heedlessness O my eyes awake!