Sunday, August 06, 2000

AS SALAM ALAIKOM

AND THE SUN SHONE OVER ME
THEN I FOUND THE WAY I YEARNED TO SEE
BRIGHT AND PURE, IT GUIDED ME
AND DROVE AWAY MY MISERY
DOUBT HAD BEEN A WORD APART
THE TRUTH SHOWED NO WAY TO DEPART
UNVEILLED WERE PILLARS OUGHT TO GUARD
I BOWED MY HEAD – IT WARMED MY HEART
LIKE A NEWBORN CHILD, MYSELF HAD BEEN
LIKE A TINY SEED IN THE DESERT’S REALM
KINDLED WITH THE FIRE UNSEEN
I SAW THE HEAVEN IN MY DREAM
A PEACEFEL GREETING OPENED DOOR
LIKE THE ANGEL’S BREATH, IT INVITED ALL
DIRECTIONS SHOWED AND DUTIES TOLD
EVERYTHING TURNED TO UNFOLD
EAGER NOT TO FEED MY FLESH
THE MORE MY SOUL SURPASSED THE TESTS
REMINDED ME OF HAPPINESS
THE TIME I REACH MY HOME AND REST

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