Three Friends Poem by Mohammad Younus

Three Friends

Three fiends I saw in a garden:
Deaf, dumb, and blind
The dumb was giving a lecture
The deaf was listening to him
The blind was brooding in surprise
I hear and see with inward eye
What this dumb wishes to say!
What this deaf shows to hear!
He shouted in anger at the two
Look! I am at least a speaking tree
A soul is needed to understand me
Without listening we understand not
Without understanding we act not
The speaker's speech profits not
We hear, and become seers
We see, and become lovers
When all hear and see
Who shall get astray!
God divided His people into two:
Lovers and not-lovers
Love fills the earth and the skies
Love makes the blind see
Love makes the deaf hear
Love makes the mute speak
Love bestowed Moses qualities three
Listening, seeing, and speaking free
Near the glowingflame of speaking tree

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