I Lock Up You Poem by Mohammad Younus

I lock up you,
My ugly and beautiful self!
I lock up you,
My foe and friend twin!
But now I don't accept you
as myself,
I lock up you,
with all pleasure!
That I would feel,
At my redemption,
At my salvation,
Because you got me out of my home,
Because you made me God's rebel,
Because you made me take...
...forbidden grain of wheat,
Because you made me perform...
...harām deeds,
Because you made Cane to marry...
...his own sister,
Because you stole the food...
... from others' barns,
Because you devoured the sheep...
...of neighbours' farms,
Because you have choked me,
Since the day I was born,
Under a covenant with God,
That I won't take you for my leader,

I lock up you!
I lock up you!
I lock up you!

I am happy
to be angry with you,
I am happy to rejoice,
I am happy to hate you,
I am happy to love your other,
I am happy to slay you with
... the mystic knife, viz.,
'Don't follow the footsteps of Satan',
You desired to push me hard...
...into the trench of flamming fire,
But, through God's blessing, ...
... I laidmyself across the fire.
I won't hold your hands, ...
...I won't follow in your steps,
I won't allow you sit in my eyes, ...
...my ears, my voice, my belly or...
...in my mind,
I won't allow you to follow me...
...as my shadow,

Come on, O my self!
I am releasing you,
I am releasing you,
I am releasing you!
I am no longer afraid of you,
I am now your master!
You are completely subdued to me,
You are no more In my blood,
Running through my veins.

Mykoul