We cherish our dearest ones during moments of ecstatic joy, just as the Holy Prophet remembered us in Miraj, writes Jaihoon
‘Tis been quite long
Love’s secret made known
My soul thrives
On love alone
Its mission:
To reveal the unknown
But this time
I shall make you speak:
Nightingale to quite remain
And, Rose shall speak plain
Lord has inspired
A truth be revealed
Tell me when in life
Would you feel joy the most?
‘It is indeed the time
When I’d meet with My Him’
Tell me when in life
Would you feel the pain most?
‘It is indeed the time
When I’d face my end‘
Tell me the one in life
Whom do you love the most?
‘Love endears Remembrance
Infidelity is from Indifference’
You have always told
Truth golden in ways bold
Now hear what I say:
This is not for play
Recall the moment when-
Meem reached the Highest Heaven
Even as he stood closer
Than two bow lengths
Facing the Ultimate Realty
He remembered his faithful folk
Recall the moment when
Meem had his soul taken
Even as Azrael
Hesitantly arrived
Love for his caravan
In him overflowed
To his Lord he prayed
Death’s pain for us be halved
We are among those:
From his garden, a rose
We are among those
Rays by him glows
We are among those
Love by him aroused
He remembered we humans
Even as he stood over angels
He remembered we sinners:
His devout life was to end
His love for us was infinite
Moms’ love wouldn’t approximate
Medina was
The motherland of love
Medina is
The capital of mercy
Medina shall
Be the gate of paradise
How else could
I truth reveal:
Lord which made
This sinner feel?
My lips can move:
I greet his love
My pen can write:
His praises I narrate
My eyes blink
In his tears I sink
My soul is still with me:
I may love him in return!
Apr 30, 2007. Edit Jun 2024
