Kutbah / Inscription
Is this a heart or an empty village?
Graves, everywhere.
I weep for no one,
But whose tombstone is that,
Smooth and clear like a mirror?
Come. Look.
O God! The child of a desire,
A bud, younger than young,
Born a moment ago.
.
From: Yāden̲ (Remembrances), 1963. pp. 248 – 49
Is this a heart or an empty village?
Graves, everywhere.
I weep for no one,
But whose tombstone is that,
Smooth and clear like a mirror?
Come. Look.
O God! The child of a desire,
A bud, younger than young,
Born a moment ago.
.
From: Yāden̲ (Remembrances), 1963. pp. 248 – 49
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