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Why Lovers pretend silence? |
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jaihoon |
04/24/04 at 06:01:31 |
Why Lovers pretend silence? ********************* http://www.jaihoon.com/egoptics/pretend.htm One day around the Full Moon Gathered the Stars in a blessed town Each time he uttered a word It flew into their hearts like a bird The Moon shared with them The perpetual nature of Time He asked them about the present month They knew well the answer but kept silent He asked them which city they lived 'You and Your Lord know better' they replied 'Which day is this?' he again enquired They kept quiet for the Moon to be heard Oh! How well the lovers pretend ignorance So that they can listen more from their Beloved They present many excuses for their desire Even their own faults will they smartly hire All they want is to listen more of the Beloved Their hearts for such a voice has long bled The nightingale learnt its melody from his voice The rose became adorable since it saw his face His love is the only worth of this dark soul My greatest fortune is to his caravan do I belong He taught me how to raise my hands When to YOU I ask for my wants His talk makes lovers filled with passion Even love falls in love with his mention Lovers become more and more close When it is in his love their boat hauls Ya Rabb! Do I also not have a heart? How then for that Beloved can it not beat? Accept, O Merciful Lord, accept! These lines are for Your Beloved, none except A single drop of Kawthar may I beg you in return On the dreadful day sun will close to my head burn Let my heart drown in the flood of his love So that- I sail with smile when after death I am made alive. sallallahu ala Muhammad, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam! - Jaihoon (The incident mentioned in the first part of the poem is reported by Bukhari & Muslim (Riyadh-us-Saliheen). Notes Full Moon : Holy prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Stars : The companions of Holy Prophet. (cf. The hadith My companions are like stars. Whomever you follow you will be guided). Blessed town : Madina Lovers become more and more close: "You decorate your meetings by reciting salawat on me because your salawat would (turn out to) be the Divine Light for yourself on the Day of Judgement'. [Jamih us-Sahih]" |
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