How can any resist the power of Meem’s love-arrest when every heart throngs to beat in his love— asks Mujeeb Jaihoon
O the verse
Of the universe!
O the collyrium
Of this cosmos!
How can
A lover resist
The power of
Your love-arrest?
Every heart throngs
To beat in your love
Every vein cries
To be Meem-burned
Every pen desires:
Break in your praise
The sky stared
The moon envied
Stars smiled
Wine unconscious
As this heretic
Let loose his burden:
Living in the Logic-jungle
Humming this love-jingle
To the weak
I roar as a lion
To the strong
I’m Proud as a king
Behold! The breeze of Meem:
I’m soft as silk
I cry as a child
I whirl as a madman
I celebrate my smallness
Meem is my worry and calm
My illness and cure
My pride and humility
My life and death
Paradise is
Since Meem is
If a worthless sinner as I
Can praise Meem this high
Imagine his glory described
By the Most Glorious
Dec 22 2022 (Jamadi Al Awwal 28, 1444).