What Is Our Existence All About? Poem by Mohammad Younus

What is our existence all about?
Said the Blackbird to the Robin near,
"What is the meaning of our daily singing?
The constant singing, the song of Life, Hu? "

Early to rise, before all, before dawn,
To sing the song of Life, Hu, we are born.
Late to stop, after all, after dusk,
Our singing the song of Life, Hu, a trust.

The birth of our song, before creation's birth,
Before humankind, before the Earth,
Never to die, this secret song of Life—
To the unawakened, it remains a silent strife.

"Why do we wander, from Dawn to Dusk of creation? "
They sighed, murmured, in deep contemplation.
What reason is there for singing day and night?
Some surprise, some joy, the divine delight.

No need for answers to the What and Why,
For in the song, no reason can deny.
The men of knowledge seek divine reply,
But all are on the divine job, under the sky.

The Wise Owl gave a mesmerizing cry of Hu—
"Hu created the Earth, the Moon, the Stars, too.
Is there any essence in us apart from Hu?
The whole world resonates with this sound true.
In Hu, we live; in Hu, we lie."

We breathe in Hu, we breathe out Hu,
And when we breathe anew after death's due,
We shall breathe Hu, eternal and true.

Even the Grasshopper, the Cricket, the Bee,
And their families join in this song of glee—
To live once more beyond this plane,
We must sing the song of Life, Hu, again.

Hu is the Everlasting Peace, above sorrow and pain,
Hu is the Perpetual Light, where we rise again.

"The Humankind, with their Divine Intelligence,
Will seek answers to all mysteries of existence,
An intellect above all creatures you'll find,
When you sing and listen to the song of Life, Hu."

But Ah, dear human, shed your illusions,
Leave behind questions of What and Why,
For these are the mysteries that humankind
Cannot answer, nor can they reply.

MyKoul