A solo hikmät prayer, sung by Subinur to conclude a khätmä gathering held in Yantaq village in August 2009:

A solo hikmät prayer, sung by Subinur

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Of those who enter this life, none can avoid death 

People living in this world never value each other 

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

There is no escaping from mourning in this world 

If you understand this then do not attach yourself to this world for it is faithless

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Look down beneath your shoes to where you will lie alone in the dust 

You never imagine yourself in such a position 

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

But you will lie in the grave not knowing if it is summer or winter

Your son, your daughter, your friends cannot look after you then

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

After your death, your children will take your wealth 

Nobody will know how you pass your time underground …

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Qayghu janliq jahan’gha kälsä akhir adäm ölmäy qalmas

Tirikliktä khalayiq bir birlirining qädärigä yätmäs 

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Äjäb matämsära dunya irub bayani yoq 

Buni bilsäng kisän bu dunyagha märghul bolmaghil härgiz wapasi yoq

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Ayaghing astigha baqin himmät tupraq ichidä pinhandur 

Män häm shundaq bolarmän däp sening bir yading kälmäs

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Lähät ichidä yatarsän yaz wä kishining ötkänini bilmäy

Oghul qiz yar dosting bir kuni sändin habar almas

Äy – ng – ng – äy 

Sän olgändin son hämmä pärzäntliring malingni alghaylar

Sening halingnichu kechkäy, qara yär astida bilmäs 

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