Syed Ahmed Shah Poems

'It is spring now
Even Thorns are better than Blossoms', said
The pair of blood-red Nightingales
Landing on my lap!
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This world is but for a day or two,
A fleeting dream, like a garden in bloom.
This beautiful life is a honey trap,
One careless step and you are doomed.
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Others death they mourn
But they do not see their own.
The honoured scribes
Promptly ascribe
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It’s Poison, poison, lethal bite
To whom I leave this fatal freight?
This deadly weight,
Tied to my neck,
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Call unto Him, every day and night,
The loving friend, and the trusted guide.
Revere the teacher who is wise and true.
Know thyself and your faith in full.
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You take it once, you take it twice, you take it all the time
You take his name both day and night; engrave it in your mind.
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My Limbs went Limp
As I Learnt of the
Torment of Afterlife.
My Feet wouldn’t Move, and
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Allah, There is no other Deity
Except the One Supreme.
Mohammad is the Prophet,
Of Allah, the Purest Being.
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City square
Midday
Someone stabs me on my back
And loses himself in the crowd...
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