What To Name...? Poem by Afzal Shauq

Oh Almighty Allah! !
You
the creator
and a face of my soul too
how on earth
I could imagine
your presence at a place
other than a mosque
and to my surprise be found
some where
in the heart of south east Asia’s
temples of Hindus
where an enchanting
but un shouldered face
resembling you
that I had been searching for
since my soul came into being
and since my first infant cry
would itself be found
preaching
the Stone made gods…
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- Afzal Shauq’s
‘Charta Kafir Khu Neh shwam? ’
- Translated By: Nazish Zafar
- Published in Book 'Bridging The Gaps'p/154
© Afzal Shauq