Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Poem: ‘A Hymn to God’

 


 Lo! How manifest is the Light of God,

Who is the Ultimate source of all Light

The whole universe is turning into a reflective mirror

For the eyes to perceive Him.

 


                               Last night while watching the Moon

I became so agitated

In the beauty of the Moon

Were the traces of the beauty of my Beloved.

 

Under the influence of that consummate beauty

My heart is in a state of turmoil

Mention not to me

the comeliness of the Turk or the Tartar.

 

O my Beloved,

How wonderfully is Your

Creative power manifested everywhere

Whichever way I look I find

Every road leading to Your presence.


 

In the fountain of the sun

The tides of Your power are witnessed

Every star is twinkling with Your Glory

 

With Your own Hand You have

Sprinkled salt over bruised hearts

Which results into

Agonized cries of the pining lovers

 

No one can comprehend

The ultimate design of Your creation

Who can disentangle

The web of this baffling riddle?

 

It is Your charm which is the essence of every beauty

Every flower that blossoms forth

Borrows its colour

From the splendour of Your attributes

 

The mellow intoxicating eyes of all

Who are endowed with beauty

Remind one of Your every moment

To Your direction is turned

The pointing finger of every curly lock

 

With what mysterious qualities

You have endowed every particle

Who can read through the voluminous

Accounts of these mysteries?

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[Promised Messiah Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian [1835-1908] in Surma Chishm Arya: Ruhani Khazain, vol. 2, p.4.]