Leila insists:
Only she deserves his gaze
Majnun complains:
“Why nothing else fills my sight?”

Love robs the world
Of its scent and color
Words must scream to be heard
By those near each other

Who says love brings joy?
Restless souls fight its ploy
Perfection for love comes
Only after death’s numb

Who said in love
Is much joy?
The soul gets restless:
Fighting this ploy

In seventy fleeting years
How much love can be shared?

Is not this span too little:
Love’s song to boldly whistle?

Aging and weakness
Is only for mortal flesh
Time adds to love’s sweetness
Its melody still fresh

When have lovers
Stopped asking Him?
Their greed draws them
Closer to His hymn

My Tasbih is an excuse
To receive His mercy
Will you sit with Jaihoon?
When he rests in eternity?

I vow to keep my eyes
Fixed on your gaze sweet:
Instead fasten His Love
In my heart’s seat

May 05th 2004. Edit March 2023