Blind Speculation Poem by Mohammad Younus

What language you speak, O Ocean?
The language of eternity!
What language you speak, O bubble?
The language of ephemerality!
Listen, my heart, the whispers of the Ocean...
...with which of Oneness it is speaking to you.
Secretly it tells you in a wordless language:
'What I am, you cannot see;
what you see is your own speculation'!

The mystery of Oneness only the One knows
Deaf, mute, and blind is man, How can he explain!
Whatever he hears, sees, or speaks about Oneness...
...is just delusion of mind, a blind speculation!
My speculations about Oneness are just fools,
They shout across my mind and let me not listen...
...the song of Oneness with attention and full devotion
When I sit to ponder over the mystery of Oneness...
...some secrets like a bubble appear and soon go away!
These little glimpses are like the thunder and lightening;

The lightning almost snatches away our sight,
whenever it flashes on us, we walk therein...
...but when darkness covers us, we stand still;
Such is the case of those who speculate...
...about the secret of Oneness;
That Oneness exists is a perpetual surprise...
...to men of knowledge and wisdom;
I cannot explain why my heart sings...
...the Song of Oneness when in silence;
My heart beats to the rhythm of music of Oneness;
And writes upon its canvas in indelible ink:
' God finds Himself In Me'!
'It is not me who loves God...
...it is God who loves me'!
'I cannot choose the Best...
...but it is the Best who chooses me'!

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