He Is Haq¹ Poem by Mohammad Younus

A majzub in a highly drunken state
Writing graffities on walls and roadways
Al-Insān, Al-Insān, Al-Insān
Shouted crazily, walking down the street
The world is a children's play
Like the wedding of crows
How many people are walking here?
Where do they come from?
Where are they going to?
They vanish like stars at dawn
They wither like tulips and roses
When the spring is gone
They retreat to hibernation
Like bees at the winter fall
He laughs crazily giggling heartily
They are from elsewhere surely
They must go back there certainly
Kulu shyiñ yarjiù ilaa aslihī
Look at my eyes that hold the sun
The city of knowledge is within me
He gives a shriek, laughs crazily
Love's secret is always to keep a vigil
To sit on the window in the attic
To listen to the sobbing soul
To gaze silently at the shining moon
To sing the song of separation face to face
Staring without a word, eyes wandering not
Counting stars at night until the morning star
On a moonlit night when villains are asleep fast
And then he cried shamelessly and openly
I am Majnun, I am Laila
I look for myself, I seek my God
I sing my hymns, I glorify my God
I worship my self, I worship my lord
I am my love, I am His love
Love has filled my spacious heart
Love links me to my darling lord
Love helps me know the secrets
Then sobriety returned to him at last
All that I seek is love
All that I require is love
All that I desire is love
Love makes me see and know
Under my cloak lives who
None other than He, He, He
Under His umbrella lives who
None other than Me, Me, Me
He created everything for Me
I behold only my face around
I see my own eyes gazing at Me
Wonderful! I see my million faces
Colours and shapes confuse not
Attributes vary but essence not
Love is the essence of all beings
Go beyond the attributes
Go beyond the going-beyond
Till all other is burned to ashes
Till there remains only He
'All that is must perish save His face'
Reality is one but shows itself as many
The mystery Is too deep to unfold
For people of reason with logical mind
They grasp not the secret of unity
Count the bubbles and the sea as two
Reality is surely one but shows as two
Subject and object, cause and effect
When you feel bubble and sea are one
Cheer up! That is essentially true
Sommersault, dance and rejoice
You have unlocked the mystery
Multiple are the faces of one
The bubbles are part of the sea
Do not behave like a pendulum
Swinging back and forth
Stick fast to the truth of unity
Say why should I seek Him outside
He is nearer to me than my thought
He speaks on my tongue
He hears through my ears
He sees through my eyes
He is my essence
He loves his self through me
I am nothing, Haq is He
Ďapān Faqīri khoďāyā akh tchu mațeomut
Laban dôsan tchu lekhān al-Insān

Mykoul

1. The Truth