Lyrics and Music by Jeanne O’Lone
Click here for the MP3: Countless Virgins
You received your instruction
from a man who claimed to know your Lord;
and as part of your seduction,
you were promised this fine reward:
“Countless Virgins will await you when you wake in paradise,
And the mercy you seek from Allah shall unfold before your eyes.”
Were you flushed with hot ambition
as he spoke about Jihad?
Did you think you had permission
and the blessings of your God?
“Countless Virgins will await you when you wake in paradise,
And the mercy you seek from Allah shall unfold before your eyes.”
On the eve of your transgression,
did you seek comfort from God above?
Did you think how your aggression
might finally hurt the ones you love?
But: “Countless Virgins await you when you wake in paradise
And the mercy you seek from Allah shall unfold before your eyes.”
Sweaty nights with sleep eluding,
did you pray as you lay brooding,
“God is great, yes, God is good,
he will reward me as he should?”
On the day of your cruel mission,
through their screams and through their cries,
Did you feel an intuition
that ahead lay a surprise?
Because the virgins who await you are the unborn of those you slew,
And the mercy you seek from Allah they will never show to you.
Yes, the virgins who await you have a mission of their own;
Sent by Allah to ensure that for your sins you shall atone.
©
2001 Jeanne O’Lone/Magic Lamp Music