What Shall I Tell You Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

In the cold winter days
When she was so ill
Something strange happened
I went senseless

I saw her in her mothers lap
Deep asleep
She awoke to see me
Moved
And went again to sleep

And then suddenly
She was no more
She died of pain
In her little stomach

All night
She lay in her coffin
Surrounded by women
She did not make any noise
But where was she
She looked like
But an angel

The grief of my heart
Shall never cease
Alas if I could talk
To my little beloved
The last look
In her coffin
An angel sleeping

Come Come
Hold me close
For my heart will burst
From emotions deep
The love of the little one
For the time gone bye

A helpless seeker
Of love
Am I
O great God
Give me strength
To endure all this