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Song of the Do-Nothing
Song of the Do-Nothing
My mind as the Bee today runs a-field
amid the blossoms of the grass in
the field of mator-shuti -
On this winter morn …
Song of the Student
Song of the Student
We are the power, we are the strength,
We the band of students.
The stormy wind makes obeisance tonus
And clouds and airships b…
Send from Heaven Again
Send from Heaven Again
Send again, Hazrat! from Heaven
The message of justice and toleration!
I can no longer see this hateful hitting
between man …
Song ( Ajo Dhoroni)
Song ( Ajo Dhoroni)
Half of the world is dark.
The other haIf has light -
It heralds the dawn of
Someone's sorrowful night.
Half i…
Save Me From All Pettiness
Save Me From All Pettiness
Save me from all smallness
O my Lord, the Graciousness!
Teach me, O Lord, no sin is worse
than the sin of pettiness.
Robbers and Dacoits
Robbers and Dacoits
Who calls you a dacoit, friend,
Who calls you a robber?
All around dacoits reign today,
And thieves prosper.
…
Resurrection
Resurrection
Wake up
You captives of hunger, arise.
You harassed, down-trodden masses,
Spell thunder at the oppressors -
The stirred voi…
Rise Up, O Farmer!
Rise Up, O Farmer!
O farmer, where is tile smile of your face?
Where is' your shepherd's bamboo flute'!
Where is your jute?
Who plunders it from yo…
Poverty
Poverty
O poverty, thou hast made me great.
Thou hast made me honoured like Christ
With his crown of thorns. Thou hast given me
Courage to re…
Prostitute
Prostitute
Who calls you a prostitute, Mother?
Who spits at you?
Perhaps you were suckled by someone
as chaste as Seeta.
You may not be…
Pioneers, O Pioneers
Pioneers, O Pioneers
O you who look so soiled and weary,
Collect your armour for the struggle,
Your rusty shovels, heavy hammers,
To save the earth…
Pain of the Poor
Pain of the Poor
These children-suffering
from a lack of mother's care,
in rags, their bodies covered with dirt,
faces dried up from starving all d…
O Destitutes!
O Destitutes!
With the curved smile on your tender lips, O crescent, is it a crooked suggestion?
Are you looking for companions to join you to loot every home …
O Thou Nightingale of Madina
O Thou Nightingale of Madina
O thou Nightingale of Madina?
What's that ghazal from the lips of thine
Which has made the rose of love
Bloom in the b…
My Songs
My Songs
My songs like wounded birds, faIl
At thy feet, O darling. Pick up all
Those bleeding birds in your breast
Tenderly and l…
My Prophet Mohammad
My Prophet Mohammad
Syed Makki Madani,
he is my prophet Mohammad.
The friend of God, full of kindness,
he is the dearly beloved of all.
My Dearest Nightingale
My Dearest Nightingale
Please come back, come back to my empty bosom
The morning flowers wither away untimely
Mourning your loss
Won't you return t…
My Explanation
My Explanation
I am a poet of today, not a prophet of a future day,
Poet or worthless, call me whatever, I put up with anything you say.
Some say, to the…
My Beauty
My Beauty
Dressed as a bridegroom, I know
my beauty shall come from afar,
across distant lands of separation,
after ages together.
Ther…
Make Islam strong, O God!
Make Islam strong, O God!
Make Islam strong, O God,
let the Muslim world again prosper.
Give it back its sultanate of old,
its ancient prowes…
Lonely in My Floral chariot
Lonely in My Floral chariot
O my friend,
you walked on your thorny path smiling,
seeing me lonely in my floral chariot, crying.
O the f…
Like a Lost Bird
Like a Lost Bird
At the end of the rolIing road, my dearest, I await alone;
Rolling in the dust of the path you have traveled.
The way you have walked on…
Life
Life
An awakening pervades
The meadows and wilderness
Let not your slumber
Make it go in vain.
The lightning is beckoning
With th…
Let's Meet Hereafter!
Let's Meet Hereafter!
We will meet again in the life Hereafter;
Here, please, forget me with a simple laughter.
Anything that remained unsaid,
I wo…