I Huddle Back To Sleep Poem by Mohammad Younus

I am told I used to be in paradise...
...before my birth in the world;
I was expelled to earth as I defied...
...my Lord's command;
For coming near to the forbidden tree!
I am bound to go back...
...to meet my lord there again;
That I know all along -
...From Adam down to this day!
I hear my Lord saying:
I will call you back, I will call you back...
...from the captivity of time and space!

This morning when the time...
...for Fajar Salah came, I saw...
...in the blue sky;
The morning birds were coming out...
...of their nests...
...fluttering, gliding, singing songs sweet;
They all are familiar to me!
Perhaps they were with me in the paradise!
They sing melodies sweet,
...I console myself by saying:
' They sing for me';
'They too have been expelled...
...from the paradise that I have lost...
...many many epochs ago';

I am hearing the heavenly flute...
...even though I am out of the heaven!
To get out of the deep dark place...
...towards light upon light...
...I am calling my lord again and again;
My eyes, ears, heart, soul and mind, ...
...all feel His presence!
I humbly submit to my lord in silence! ...
...I am a repentant rebel!

He reminds me of my covenant...
...that I have made with him...
...on the Day of Alast;
But often I get lost somewhere...
...without ever thinking to fulfill...
..that premordial covenant;
When like a 'loving father, ...
...He asks me to get up from my deep sleep...
...I huddle back to sleep, ...
...just as an awakened child does!

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