Hajji Baba (Persian Lament)

Words & Music by Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin 

Refrain: 
(Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji) 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, 
Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, 
He was always in love, in love, in love. 

Come to my tent, oh, my beloved; 
Bring me your lips, warm as the sun. 
Hear my lament, oh, my beloved; 
Come to my arms, oh, wonderful one. 

Bridge: 
Enter my heart and stay there forever, 
Lost in the spell of stars up above, 
And we’ll be like the man Hajji Baba, 
Always in love, always in love. 

Refrain: 
(Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji) 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, 
Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, 
He was always in love, in love. 

Deep in each soul, carefully hidden, 
There’s a desire to be indiscrete; 
Hajji has said, “When love is forbidden, 
Love is so sweet, love is so sweet.” 

Refrain: 
(Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji) 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, 
Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba, 
He was always in love, in love, in love. 

Coda: 
Come to my arms, oh, my beloved. 
(Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, 
Hajji, Hajji, Hajji, Hajji . . .)