When The Night Falls... Poem by Mohammad Younus

When the night falls, ...
...all birds fly to their nests for taking rest...
...after full days flying, gliding and chirping;
But owl avoids sleeping at night and remains awake...
...listening to the mystic sound...
...to be heard by the vigilant under the pall of darkness;
Occassionally, from tree boughs and roof tops...
...he cries out to the sleepers under their warm quilts:
Listening the divine music is better than sleeping!
Get up! Listen to hu, hu, hu sound;
The owl too mimicries the mystic sound and starts hooting:
Hooo! Hooo! Hooo! Hooo! Hooo!
The night birds join and fill the atmosphere and sing...
...devotional songs in their melodious voice;
Then the morning birds steal the show, and start singing….
...love songs when the sun climbs over the mountains;

And all the stars lay down in heaven to take their rest...
...till evening comes;
Don't you fly away from me, O morning birds, for God's sake;
In your voice I hear the Song of Alast, and I silently...
...say Ball! Ball!

Mykoul