Tuesday 6 August 2013

EID POEM

YOU CAME BY INTO MY NIGHT
STEALING MY SLEEP YOU, WALKED OVER MY DREAMS
WITH ENDLESS WHISPERS OF REPENTANCE
YOU SANG THE QURAN ON MY WINDOW SIDE

NOW THAT YOU TAKE LEAVE BY THE NEW MOON
MY TRAVELS ACROSS  OCEANS AND MOSQUES
MY SWEET MEMORIES OF BREAKING FASTS
THE TWINKLE IN MY EYES WILL NOW FADE

OH MONTH OF ABSTINENCE
OF TIME TO GIVE CHARITY WITHOUT MEASUREMENT
OF SEASON OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
DO TAKE MY ADDRESS WHEN YOU JOIN SHABAN I MAKE AMENDS!


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