Category: Poetry
His Beauty
His lovers set fire to the oceans and never reached the shore of his beauty They emptied ink pots like oceans and what they wrote …
The White Palace
How generous are you, o King of Jinn and Men! within the walls of your palace within the throng of your lovers even an imposter…
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Righteous men have penned elegant words praising him and boasted that they were elevated by the mention of him But what can I say in…
the wailing wall
There are many madmen Stumbling in these streets Mumbling madness Their eyes don’t see For their lack of wits, Please don’t berate them Turn a…
Life Without End
“the angels will come to them from every door/ may you be blessed with peace for that which you endured” If grief could dieIt would…
Mt. Uhud
In the darkness, the sun rose A cool breeze blew in the heat And soft rain woke dead earth Can you hear the cry of…
Pray, Child
Facing the kabah, the boy stood While, from his eyes, tears poured His body was motionless as wood Full of awe for his majestic Lord…
Radiant Lamp
When the heavens wept over man’s foul deeds and the cursed one was well pleased When the world groaned and sighed, and from the dark…
We Wait
With bated breath and trembling hearts, we wait With eyes uplifted like cupped palms, we wait With yearning equal to the vast sea, we wait…