Motherland of Love

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