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Come with Hari
Come with Hari
Come back to my dreary heart, do come back;
Evening comes too, where are you my bird,
come back to my nest.
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Come on Quick go to Madina
Come on Quick go to Madina
Come on quick those who wish
To the city of Madina to go:
At the Landing-ghat is already in
The sacred boat wi…
By the Wood
By the Wood
Who walks by the woods,
methink, he is known to me.
Beating night's silence in rhythmic patterns
his jingles ring onm…
Come Hither
Come Hither
Come hither, the 'fallen', the 'impure', the 'outcastes'!
Let us all worship The Holy Mother together!
Only when all …
Beware My Captain
Beware My Captain
You have to cross the darkness of the night
A desert vast and a hill of great height,
And an ocean, fathomless and dark.
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Bless us Oh Lord
Bless us Oh Lord
Bless us Oh Lord, bless us all.
Let other love us and let us love others.
Let there be no hatred or malice or physical pain or m…
Be Ever Stronger!
Be Ever Stronger!
Inside and outside, equally always
be stronger, ever!
The more bad times approach,
be firm and don't yield. Never!
Baby Sparrow
Baby Sparrow
From its nest behind the termite-eaten
wooden beams of the huge building
a baby sparrow cried out for its mother.
The mother…
Anwar
Anwar
[A dark prison-house guarded by sentries at Constantinople. Thc mid-night of a new
moon with silence prevailing everywhere, except occasion…
At My Gaze No Longer Laughs the Rose
At My Gaze No Longer Laughs the Rose
At my gaze no longer laughs the rose,
At the music of my words no longer blossoms forth the flowers
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Alone
Alone
My eyes don't go by forbidding;
so does my mind
neither by forbidding nor by weeping.
Over the ages I have …
All Midnight I Suddenly Wake Up
All Midnight I Suddenly Wake Up
At midnight I suddenly wake up hearing someone's voice
is that you, is that you?
I feel the load of some …
A Parting
A Parting
It was no passing encounter on the street,
dear friend.
It was no momentary conversation
on the side-walk.
It was no ca…
A Tribute From the Poet
A Tribute From the Poet
Allahu Akbar!
Allahu Akbar!
From Allah comes today
Rahmat, Kauthar.
Those of whom Allah is patron
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A Call from Behind
A Call from Behind
Dear! Wilt thou remember me in thy new home?
There dost thou begin the world under
new auspices with new offerings
The wide ocean of tears overflow,
The wide ocean of tears overflow,
His frantic thunder will make a
volcano burst forth
Mountain and ocean and sky and air
will encircle him in a c…
Where do you search me
Where do you search me
Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande
Mein To Tere Paas Mein
Na Teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein
Na Ekant Niwas Mein
Na M…
Within this Earthen Vessel
Within this Earthen Vessel
WITHIN this earthen vessel are bowers and groves,
and within it is the Creator:
Within this vessel are the seven ocean…
When The Day Came
When The Day Came
When the Day came -
The Day I had lived and died for -
The Day that is not in any calendar -
Clouds heavy with love
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When He Himself Reveals Himself
When He Himself Reveals Himself
When he himself reveals himself,
Brahma brings into manifestation
That which can never be seen.
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To be a Slave of Intensity
To be a Slave of Intensity
Friend, hope for the guest while you are alive.
Jump into experience while you are alive!
Think...and think...while yo…
To what shore would you cross
To what shore would you cross
To what shore would you cross,
O my heart?
there is no traveller before you,
there is no road:
Wher…
The Swan flies away
The Swan flies away
The Swan Will Fly Away All Alone,
Spectacle of the World Will Be a Mere Fair
As the Leaf Falls from the Tree
Is Diffi…
The Word
The Word
Find the word, understand the word,
Depend on the word;
The word is heaven and space, the word the earth,
The word the universe.…