Poems

[moonymoon]

I love your veil

What’s all this tale about the veil?
Fred and Gail shout and hail
Straw as hero
For his hail of fire on Aïsha’s attire.
Did Straw want Aïsha to show
Herself from head to toe?
Let Gail wear a mini-skirt
For her flirt.
And let Aïsha wear on her face
Or on her hair
Whatever piece
That would bring her peaceVis-à-vis God and vis-à-vis Man.
Oh, man!
Why d’you wish her to disclose
Her beautiful eyes and nice nose
Or her lips or her hips
If that belongs to her?
Come on, Sir!
That body you want her to show
Is a diamond dearer than the glow
Of the face of Marilyn Monroe!

Lies

They tell me
There's the moon and the stars
And the skies and nothing beyond the skies.
Lies!
There's God beyond the skies,
I tell you.
When that woman gave birth
To her little son
She didn't feel that the Earth
Travels around the sun.
It's all one to the tellers of lies
Who believe the Earth and the skies
Were not made by the One
Who never behaves out of fun,
But were made by chance
Like the meeting of a girl and a boy
Who came to dance.
Lies!
They call themselves wise
But would they tell me why
A girl doesn't look like a guy
Nor does sunset look like sunrise
Nor do I look like my siblings?
Would they please tell me
Who made the soul that makes the flute weep?
Who made the bird's twitter
Different from the bleat of sheep?
Would they be bitter
If I asked why
A vulture flies high in the sky
Whereas a pea**** won't go that far?

Muhammad

What can I say on your day
When every day is your day?
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day!
From the day you stood to say:
O Man ! I’m but a man
Sent to save you, sent to tell you
The way that’ll lead you away
From the one who led you astray
To the One Who made you ’n the best way
And gave you beauty and bounty in every way
And will yet give you joy where you’ll stay
For ever and ever, as you say !
From that day,
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day !
Men came to you on foot and horseback;
They said as you said
And prayed as you prayed
And when attacked, they fought back.
You lived in a shack
While your beauty was brighter than the moon ;
You ate with your hands
While one with your beauty would use a gold spoon ;
You sat on the sands
While one with your glory
Would build himself storey upon storey :
And that’s why your story
Has gone as far as Brunei and Zinjibar
And London and New York
Where people eat with a knife and fork,
They too say as you said
And pray as you prayed
And when wrongly questioned, they answer back.
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day !
What can I say on your day
When every day is your day ?
From just a few those who came to you
Filled every hill, swamped every dale,
They made Time stand still till their tale
Made the mightiest kingdoms frail
And brought the Muslim flag as close as Prague !
The Arabian Nights tells of made-up knights
And of Harun al-Rasheed
Whose life the Truth of your Message
Made eed upon eed !
And yet someone came to draw
A pic of a man whose peer he never saw,
And papers and commentators
Seeking cheap money and fake glory
Made every story
Out of the Story of the man whose glory
Defies all Posts and all Tribunes and all Times !
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day!
What can I say on your day
When every day is your day?
When your name has brought fame
To a Dane who became insane?
What can I say on your day
When night and day
Souls repeat your words
As if they were songs of jungle birds!
Peace be upon you and all those who followed your way!
O Muhammad ! O Taha ! O shafi’na on the Last Day!

For You

For you,
It’s cool to drive home
An almond-eyed cool blonde
Picked up in Paris or in Rome.
For you,
It’s cool to score a goal in Liverpool
Against Real Madrid or Lazio Rome.
For you,
It must be fine to savour wine
And spaghetti while listening to Pavarotti.
For you,
It’s great to have £ 8,000 in hand
Or to land a higher rank in a central bank.
For you,
It’s a delight to the eyes
To watch sunrise in the dunes of Morocco.
For you,
It’s beyond telling the joy of jogging in Monaco.
Let alone the joy of shopping in Hanoi
Or riding a mule in Illinois.
For you,
Time is Now, life in Now,
And there’s nothing to be said
For there’s no other life ahead.
For you,
Life is the kitchen and the bed.
Well, that’s you.
As for me,
Life is Now and Tomorrow.
Life is joy and sorrow.
For me,
I would love to hear Allahu Akbar
From a minaret in Madagascar.
I would love to hear an imam
Talk of Islam in Amsterdam,
Or speak to the children of Leeds
About the worth of good deeds.
I would love to see girls pray
To Allah at Broadway.
I would love to see boys making a lot of noise
Simply because they say
It’s just as lovely
To be a Muslim in Sydney
As in Harlem or Boston!
I would love to see people
From all over the world
Flying as one bird
To meet round the Ka’ba
To say what the Queen of Sheba
Learnt from Solomon:
There’s no God but Allah.
Praise, Praise to Allah!

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[SIZE=2]No more will you knock at our door.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you walk on our floor.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you drink our tea.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you see what we see.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you hear what we hear.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you fear a fear.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you shed a tear.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you enjoy our foods.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you tread our roads.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you roam our woods.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you inquire after me.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you smile at me.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No more will you call my name,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]But all the same[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And despite all the pain[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]You stood to gain[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]When you clearly said[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]Just days before you were dead:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]أشهد أن لا إلاه إلا الله[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]و أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]اللهم لك الحمد على ما أعطيت[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]اللهم لك الحمد على ما أعطيت[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]اللهم لك الحمد على ما أعطيت[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]You said it yourself, dad,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And we were all, all sad[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]For we feared time might be up, father,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And you wouldn’t go farther.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]It’s hard, hard, hard[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]To bear to see you there[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]In the graveyard –[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]While we are here,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]Where we can’t hear[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]Your voice or see your smile.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]But it’s only a while[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And we shall all be there![/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]I know your bones may decay[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]I know the worms may eat your flesh away,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]But your soul will remain whole[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And one day you will revive[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And stay alive[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]For ever and ever.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]And I know also[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]That we shall all go:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No money will keep us for ever.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No medecines will keep us for ever.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]No doctor will live for ever.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]Praise to Allah Who never dies![/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]Praise to Allah Who made Paradise![/SIZE]

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[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]اللهم ارحم أبي و أسكنه فسيح جناتك[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]اللهم اجعلنا خير خلف لخير سلف[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]"إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون"
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