The Life Struggle Poem by Mohammad Younus

Life is a continuous struggle;
Life is not fleeting - that is just an illusion,
For the source of life is living and everlasting,
And our life, though passing through trials and tribulations...
...still, like gushing mountain stream...
...is running on and on...
...like the sun on the circular path;
Funeral marches to the grave never stop...
...in the world's broad field of battle...
...between death and life;
Be not like dumb, deaf, and blind!
Be a hero in life!
Fear not test and tribulations, howe'er unpleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Let the ailing present recover from all ailments!
Act—act in the living Present!
If you want to secure the unborn future!
Your God is within your heart!
Your God is over your head!
Your God is all around - smiling in all mirrors!
The examples of great men - prophets, awliyas, and scholars - all remind us...
...we can make our lives sublime, and gorgeous;
While departing from this world...
...let us leave behind footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps might guide others behind us...
...in sailing over the tide of turbulent ocean of time;
A forlorn and heartbroken brother might take heart again...
...to face the strife of life;
Let us, then, be up and doing, and with a heart for any situation...
...continue struggling for achieving the goal of life.

My Koul