Umra 2022 Poems

Narration of poems inspired by Umra 2022

The poet makes a final plea to the Almighty to bring him again and again to Medina so that he can set on fire those hearts that are love-poor

The poet submits at Rawdha that though he is leaving Medina, his soul and its true joy reside in the heavenly hive of Meem

Lovers get absorbed in the desire-cave of the Beloved, just as the Youths and the Dog who slept in the ancient cave for centuries.

The Holy Prophet is Chapter One in the Book of Creation and the Crown of the Saga of Revelation, in whose praise the oceans will run dry.

Little do lovers talk in words; more so they do with tears, testifies a poetic seeker who witnessed the joyful suffering of Meem’s admirers.

Bystanders cannot blame the Medina’s lover who became selfish, proud & possessive as he stood closer breathing the air that danced around Meem

The poet is in two minds whether to approach the Beloved Meem robed as a royal or ragged as a beggar, in these verses written at Medina.

Medina is the Tree. Ka’aba, Mounts of Safa and Marwa, Zamzam and Masjid al Haram are its twigs and branches… writes Mujeeb Jaihoon

A seeker would naturally see the shell when he comes seeking the pearl. The same applies to pilgrim of love in the quest for love of Meem.

In response to those who enquire about what gifts has the poet brought from the land of Meem

Just as the fish cannot last long away from the ocean and the body needs the soul to remain warm, the lover has to return to where he belongs