When You hear my prayer !

The servant becomes ecstatic when Lord answers the slave’s plea. But the joy of fulfilment is incomplete without gratitude- insists Jaihoon.

Then…

O Lord! You know very well
What was in my heart then
And what is in my heart now
When Your answer is given

In eagerness had I
Called upon You!
With great confidence had I
Relied upon You!

I was full of zeal
When in tears did I call

Not for once
Had I lost my confidence

I had pinned all my hopes
On Your Loving Grace!

Like any other eager slave
I wished to be the one
To whom was given
Prayer’s reply at once

Ya Kaafiyal Muhimmat!
Ya Daafi’al Baliyyat!
Ya Muhallilal Mushkilat!
Ya Mujeeb Ad-da’wat!

All morning long I had sat
To avert the threat I felt
Reciting Salat on Salat
On the Coolness of my Heart

Now,

Now that your answer has come
Eternally grateful have I become

In the eyes of my beloved
Tears upon tears have flowed
I thank You for the honor saved
And from the misery saved

All my strengths and weaknesses
Are known to You!
All my deeds- good and bad
Are shown to You!

“Although through (Your) purity
You know my feelings
Lend ear to my words
O Cherisher of thy slave!”

O the One! The All Hearing One!
You have heard my cry
Out of your Mercy!
Thanks to You!

Now listen to my gratitude:
I convey to you in solitude!

In this little tale is taught
A lesson that is indeed sweet
If upon the Full Moon is sent salat
Saved shall be from the worldly craft

Posted in 2002. Edit March 2023