Mujeeb Jaihoon is in two minds whether to approach the Beloved Meem robed as a royal or ragged as a beggar, in these verses written at Medina.

Shall I roll on the ground
Or stroll barefooted

Blush like a bride
Or run like a madman

Creep as a snail
Or race like a flash

Refined as a Saint
Or guilty as a sinner?

Sober as a sage
Or playful as a child?

Robed as a royal
Or ragged as a beggar?

Restrain my heart:
Let flow as a river

Or liberate my passion:
Let erupt as a volcano?

O the Most Loving
The All Knowing

How shall I greet
Your Beloved great?
In his city bright
Where love is alight


May 09 2022. Shawwal 08, 1443.


Mujeeb Jaihoon

Mujeeb Jaihoon, reputed Indian author, explores themes of universal love, deeply embedded in a disruptive spiritual worldview.

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