Ya Allah, a lifetime has been spent
in disobedience towards you.
True it is that for every act of defiance,
verily there is a consequence
for Adam for me for Eve for all
imparted upon the sinner’s own soul
and the happiness of those around him.
I have repented aplenty,
raced back
without count
and then submitted again ad infinitum.
I have beseeched you to bless me
but with a spark
of your light
within which lies mercy
for only it could
restore me to the lofty throne
of piety.
Yet, my Sultan knows
that which I can conceive not for
You turn away none yet
You accept not my cry either
O Padishah of the lands and the skies,
if I am to continue
in rebellion and to become
a torment to my companions
for such can be fate,
arrange for us a meeting
now
in a state of repentance
for to be an oppressor is worse
than lying under the cold black earth.
I ask you so
knowing that
blessed was a child
in the hands of Khizr
with the rose of death
for his fate too
was that which would bring great pain
to his kin
Musa was the witness
bring me too
such a noble companion
in the pangs of perishment.
