An Advice, though Not So Wise

Only true friends’ disapproval may apparently hurt our indulgent intellect but will cheer our innocent heart, writes Mujeeb Jaihoon

“If your wise head
Shall not feel bad,
A thing may I tell you
To make your heart glad

I may not be much wise
To give you any advice

Like you, I may not
Be well experienced
Nor on life’s stage
So skillfully danced

Even then,
Listen!

Even then,
Hearken!

I warn,
O Jaihoon,

Easy it is
To persuade
Others to call
A name after the devil

Ages, though, it may
Take to earn
A name that
Sounds human

He blessed us
As believers
To set an example
For others!”

Ah! Now this fool
Silently looks at the sky
And with a pounding heart
Begins to cry:

How very sincere,
An advice

My own self
I despise!

Ah! My state now
Is only to Him known
Why this sorrowful tale
I vainly clone!

April 2nd 2003. Edit Feb 2022