The faster you go
The higher you fly
The harder you hit
The longer you die
The harder you brake
The faster you fall
The longer you run
The higher the call
Al-Baseer
To the all-encompassing Seer
Who every negligibility sees:
The wake of a supernova can’t eclipse
What follows a trifling sneeze
Who every negligibility sees:
The wake of a supernova can’t eclipse
What follows a trifling sneeze
Drink
The Rabb knows how He brings about
A change in every thing
How from the fount of Hā Mīm ‘Ayn
Sīn Qāf these verses spring
Now don’t you break the order in
What’s there to be preserved
But marvel at what thrives beyond
The sound of flapping wing
And know that all you know is never
Yours more than you are
So drink from all the goodness Hā
Mīm ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf may bring
A change in every thing
How from the fount of Hā Mīm ‘Ayn
Sīn Qāf these verses spring
Now don’t you break the order in
What’s there to be preserved
But marvel at what thrives beyond
The sound of flapping wing
And know that all you know is never
Yours more than you are
So drink from all the goodness Hā
Mīm ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf may bring
Rolling
I’ve heard there is
No going back
For time and rivers, you
Can wind about
To make your way
A bit like rivers do
To get to where no shadows fall
And superfluity is all
Where time is dead
And _and_ is bred
Until you’re never through
No going back
For time and rivers, you
Can wind about
To make your way
A bit like rivers do
To get to where no shadows fall
And superfluity is all
Where time is dead
And _and_ is bred
Until you’re never through
Habīb
Drown yourself in the sea of his beauty
Lose yourself in the woods of his praise
Save yourself by his warm intercession
Find yourself in the way of his ways
Lose yourself in the woods of his praise
Save yourself by his warm intercession
Find yourself in the way of his ways
Asking
The good a question brings reflects
The knowledge of the questioner
Like a baby in its mother’s brace
Reflects the rahmah blessed in her
The knowledge of the questioner
Like a baby in its mother’s brace
Reflects the rahmah blessed in her
Intellect
Be in awe of an unlettered mind
Whose intellect is refined
By pursuit of the Truth
And quiet reflection
It really gets intuit
Whose intellect is refined
By pursuit of the Truth
And quiet reflection
It really gets intuit
Respectfully
A lot of things are said about respect
And all of its effects upon your heart
That beats a path to waters that reflect
The visage of your soul once you depart
Sometimes it means to rise from where you sit
To be, with the angelic order, one
Sometimes it means to let another spit
The final word and still your burning tongue
It means to let a rumor starve and die
Appoint your heart above what’s in your head
To weigh the need to ask the how and why
And leave unsaid what’s better left unsaid
Respect: it is the currency of souls
The passage widens once you pay the tolls
And all of its effects upon your heart
That beats a path to waters that reflect
The visage of your soul once you depart
Sometimes it means to rise from where you sit
To be, with the angelic order, one
Sometimes it means to let another spit
The final word and still your burning tongue
It means to let a rumor starve and die
Appoint your heart above what’s in your head
To weigh the need to ask the how and why
And leave unsaid what’s better left unsaid
Respect: it is the currency of souls
The passage widens once you pay the tolls
On Words
Don’t squander them playfully
They won’t excuse you
Use your words carefully
They’re wont to use you
They won’t excuse you
Use your words carefully
They’re wont to use you
Sipping
Sometimes a beverage gone cold
Warms you up
Because of a love that made home
In the cup
Warms you up
Because of a love that made home
In the cup