Sunday, October 07, 2007

forlorn

It is narrated in the testaments of Luqman the wise that he said to his son:

"O my son, let not the cock be more clever than you. It calls at the early hours of dawn while you are asleep."

Assuredly he said well who said
The pigeon cooed in the darkness of the night
On a branch, in weakness while I was asleep.
I lied; for I swear that were I [Allah's] loved
Not the pigeons alone, but I too would weep;
I think I am lovesick, excessively forlorn
For my lord, but I weep not, though animals weep!

-Dear Beloved SonImam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

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