Love is an Ocean Deep
Ya Rabb!
No,
To love you so dear I haven’t Seen you near
No,
To believe You in fear I haven’t Heard you clear
NO,
Of my firm belief I know nothing Save I have a lil’ Or more love for him
Yes,
I know I have a heart It throbs for him of late
Yes
Oh! I know I exist For I am of his caravan
O lovers!
If for Beloved Mustafa You burn your heart The forces of this world Will fall at your feet
Sallallahu alahi wa sallam
If this colorful world Had in it no Beloved The garden be dull Nightingale be lull…
O lovers!
World learnt the difference- Between La and Illa. No wonder why the kalima- Ends in Muhammad Rasoolullah!
Love is an ocean deep The more you dive- The more treasures you heap So much that you may return not alive
O lovers!
Ask me not what the love- Of Madina does to your heart!
It conquers all your present strength And then sets afire to every hair on you
Your veins reverberate with zeal A spark lightens burden of the soul
There may be many others- Ones who your love deserves
But,
Believe me the love of Madina Is of another kind When it enters your soul The difference you shall find!
It is like a comforting wind From the rivers of paradise
Nay, I said it wrong!
Those rivers are Themselves in ecstasy For Madina is for All worlds His Mercy!
This temporal world And the hereafter- Madina is the prize What lovers are after!
Ya Rabb!
Sometimes I utter words Which cross the limits
Yet give me some excuse To continue my poetic exercise
Take me not into account On these crazy lines’ ground
The tyrants across the lands Commit murderous deeds
Women and children die- As rotten leaves their bodies lie
For the sake of earth’s crude wealth The able and weak both remain silent
No one cares damn about this excess Their own wealth is to all that matters
Therefore,
Take me not into account On these crazy lines’ ground
For love’s sake Forgive this little sin
For love’s sake Forgive me once again
For love’s sake- Till I die may I write again!
Jaihoon Iqbal
Nov 06 2006
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