Abdul Samad

Abdul Samad Poems

If you knew what I know
If you could see what I see
And hear what I hear
...

The stillness of the Night
Hides a secret in its womb
You are not alone
The Supreme, the Divine is ever present
...

The slum child stares back
And his gaze, the vacant look, the fear in his eyes
The submission, the pain, the horror
Breaks something inside me
...

The Beloved stands before me
Smiling, in possession of my soul
The eyes radiant, the shimmering lips
Eyes the mirror of the soul
...

Rise in love, ascend towards the heavens
Rise in love and vanquish the world
Rise in love and conquer your fear
Rise in love and enter a state of bliss
...

The City sings the song of Death
Death that roams in the streets
Fearless and merciless, its hands smeared with blood
Its clothes drenched, its desire insatiable
...

The sound of footsteps reverberates in the corridor
The sun shines through a minor crack in the wall
Teachers and students alike rush through the hallway
Shouting, pleading, arguing, smiling
...

You remain seated in the car
While I clean the door from the outside
I stare at you through the window
And you avoid my gaze, turn your back, look the other way
...

You kill us, the nameless and the faceless, in the name of freedom
In the name of justice and equality
In the name of democracy and liberty
O Liberty, how many crimes have been committed in your name?
...

An inexplicable fear has settled inside
It's not the fear of lagging behind in the race of life
Or attaining mediocrity in academics
Or the failure to procure employment
...

As she was pushed by the waiter, cast aside
To one corner of the hotel, her back to the wall
Roughly hit on the head, slapped on the neck
Her humiliation, her pain, her anguish, her suffering
...

The Best Poem Of Abdul Samad

The Stillness Is The Dance

If you knew what I know
If you could see what I see
And hear what I hear

Then you would find meaning in nothingness
And appreciate the everlasting beauty of paradox
The Wisdom of the Lord who made both day and night
Sin and virtue, light and darkness, heaven and hell
The Lord who is the breath inside the breath
The One who taught Adam the name of all things
The Just King, the Omnipotent Lord, the All Knower

If you could love what I love
And desire what I desire
Union with the Supreme Essence

Then you would realize that as the inner self dances
In the certitude of the Lord's Mercy and Grace
The inner and the outer worlds become one, indistinguishable
And the Stillness becomes the Dance

Only if you could open the inner eye
And search for the One who awaits to be found in your heart

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