Though Love Demands Us To Weep Poem by Mohammad Younus

Though Love demands us to weep...
over the loss of Hussain...
...he even after his death dwells in...
the safe and secure place in our hearts;
Where no Yezid or Yezid's army can...
...intrude to harm him;
Our love for him is like the sun of dawn...
that shines over our souls;
He is the living martyr!
He still awakens us from beneath the dark;
And teaches us the true religion revealed by...
the supreme God to his grandfather;
The sound of his voice in the battlefield of Karbala...
still echoes in the atmosphere;
He found for us a new approach to life...
that brightens our future...
...and unfolds in our gaze the hidden secrets divine;
His martyrdom quickens in our hearts the desire...
to sit in cosy lap divine;
We see placed smiles on his bright face...
like pearls divine;
On the Altar of the Love, in the battlefield of Karbala,
under the scorching sun...
...he placed seventy two heads of his near and dear
without any fear;
The fickle mind still does not comprehend
why did he offer such a great sacrifice;
Though this great Imam lived here...
only for a brief period...
...his spirit of Imamat is still alive,
awake, complete, and perfect;
We look towards him...
...his practical teachings for getting out...
...of the difficult, unpleasant,
and embarrassing situation;
Despite the distance of our times,
he dwells inside the rhythm of our breath,
And we find him so close to our heart
as we are to ourselves;
Though we cannot see him with our heads' eyes...
...our souls always send choicest salutes
upon his blood-dyed face;
He is smiling back at us from the paradise
to give us the best contentment;
Let us not look for him only in imagination,
let us grow and live while devotedly following him;
Then alone we will find a good room in divine presence,
When we earnestly follow Hussein's way,
the beauty of his teachings shall indeed brighten us;
When the light divine glows,
the melodious eternal tones shall echo in our hearts.

MyKoul