If I Die Before I Die... Poem by Mohammad Younus

If I die before I die...
...Nakir and Munkar will not jump down...
...into my grave...
...to ask me questions about my faith:
Who is your Lord?
What is your religion?
What is your faith about this person...
...(Muhammad) ?
Jabriel will hug me so lovingly...
..that angels will become jealous of me;
My heart shall beat in rhythms unheard...
...hearing the cheerful divinely tune;
Horis shall murmur in my ears:
'Oh enter into our loving heart...
...that beats only for you in resounding tunes;
Tell me glorious horis of love:
What is this inner comfort...
...that I have never experienced out of grave?
'You are free and away from dark souls'...
...Horis tell me confidently;
You are to be transported to...
...your paradise home...
...where you will be blessed with...
...our eternal company;
We shall kiss in your sacred eyes...
...and on your hallowed forehead there;
You will be attired in gold and white...
...and in varied colors in tune with...
...the flowers of heaven;
There you need not crave to return to earth...
...and say:
Yā lïtanī kuntu turāba
(Would that I were dust!)
Eternally you will live in the world of purity...
...and play with the Heavenly spirits there;
You will live for ever there, You will never die there...
Because alternation of life and death is only in Hell.

Mykoul