Rumi-inspired music video by Iranian series cast

In a music video, the actors of Iranian series 'Next Door Neighbors' lip-sync to a Rumi song in perfect synchronization.

The main cast of Iranian television series 'Next Door Neighbors' has come together to feature in a music video lip-syncing to a song whose lyrics are adapted from the poetry of world-renowned Persian poet Rumi.

The song performed by Mohsen Chavoshi and titled 'Thousands of Dreams' is themed on the love of God and highlights that the material world is worthless and should be abandoned before reaching immortality.

The music video features male and female stars of 'Next Door Neighbors' including Pejman Jamshidi, Roya Teymourian, Homayoun Ershadi, Farhad Ayeesh, Vishka Asayesh, Gohar Kheirandish, Azadeh Samadi, and Reza Naji. 

The fusion of Rumi's poetry in this music video is quite creative. 

You can watch the video and read a translation of the lyrics below.

O the encompassing righteousness

Who are You, then?

Where are You, Our Garden’s flower?

Lily did not show You in a thousand languages

Lily told me not to ask her except for prayer and praise

The tall cypress cannot be as elevated

If Daffodil had eyes, he could have never seen You

People and monsters are lined up in every corner to see You

Nonetheless, they are not allowed in Your tavern

I seek my survival in Your compassion

Am I ever deceived by the material world?

I used to have thousands of dreams

Yet Your love made them null for me

You are my comfort upon my suffering

You are my treasure in my poverty

I’m prostrating and praying to You

Saying that Your love is everything to me

The sound of love is reaching us from left and right

We’re ascending toward God

Who wants to behold this?

We used to live in heaven

As the companions of the angels

We’ll return to our city

We are pure as the gem, not compared to the dust

What we are doing here, let’s pack our belongings and go

Our luck is still young and death is our profession

Our leader is Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

I seek my survival in Your compassion

Am I ever deceived by the material world?

I used to have thousands of dreams

Yet Your love made them null for me

You are my comfort upon my suffering

You are the treasure in my poverty

I’m prostrating and praying to You

Saying that Your love is everything to me

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