O'
P r e t t i e s t
I breathe   l i f e   into my
Desires and I gather all my hopes
I f   your shy   e y e s   say-so
Audacious can
I   b e

◈◈◈

O'
W i s h i n g
Within my heartbeats
A r e  thousands  o f  affections
If   y o u r  modesty permits
Shameless can
I   b e

✒ ℐamil Hussain

P a s s i o n
A true essence to life
I t   is thy glowing flame
And it is thy boundless fire
It is thy soul's secret wings
And it is   thy  o c e a n
Filled with heavenly
D e s i  r e

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O'
Someday
Your   h e a r t  will
Soften and your beautiful
E y e s   w i l l    t u r n
T o w a r d s
M e

Y o u r
T o n g u e    w i l l
Speak sweetest of words
A n d  your arms will
Want  t o  hold
M e

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T i n y
L a d y b i r d s
A n d      b u t t e r f l i e s
All heavenly creatures in disguise
The   L o r d    is present in   a l l
M a t t  e r s     n o t
What   t h e i r
S i z e

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Pleasure
Of    r a i n
O’  if  you seek
C o m e within
My eyes and
P e a k

Whiteness  t h e r e  is
D a r k n e s s  t h e r e   is
Evening  t w i l i g h t  there is
O' cloud of rain there is

Pleasure
Of    r a i n
O’  if  you seek
C o m e within
My eyes and
P e a k**

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Everywhere I observed
And place of ‘’ℋℯ’’ is what I saw

None-else came before my sight
When ‘’ℋis’’ manifestation I saw

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Y o u r   eyes
Pour beauty alike the
Glowing rays from the sun
M y   humble   r e q u e s t
To you O' charming soul
Please stay forever
Y o u n  g

✒ ℐamil Hussain

O’ this
Frenzied heart asks
What burns in the flames so intense
And then itself into ashes
It masks?

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. . . T  h  i  s . . .
B o u n d l e s s  ocean of  life
And in roses imageries of you and me  
O’ sparks of your beauty I am yearning to see
Face to face, if you raised those beautiful eyes, at me
Heavenly niche of hearts would cause the shadows to flee
My tongue soaked in bouquets of your melody, would set free
Odes would fall from movement of sky, endorsing my plea
Elegance of your smile, a garden of paradise and it’s key
B l o o d  of my heart, O’ red  w i n e  it would be
Baring of your  s a c r e d  sight with g l e e
M a r v e l   of  fresh blossoms, is it
. . . You or me ? . . .

✒ ℐamil Hussain

S h e  is the
Fascinating poetry
In a majestic red  d r e s s
So pretty, so beautiful and
So divine I must
C o n f e s s

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O’
Prettiest
Come close and
Lend me your lofty ear
I have something so adoring
To tell you O' my
Dear

May
Your moments
Dance in divine hue
And may your nights
Become filled with
Gripping magic so
New

In
Aura of
Your magnificence
So charming and so pure
May every soul drown
And forever
Brew

Sight
Of your majesty
And struck with deep joy
The stars gather in a
Queue

O'
Prettiest
You are a queen of
Glory and the moments
Of life are merely
Droplets of
Dew

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This is
A great sign
You will rise and
You will forever
S h i n e.

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I
S t a n d   f i r m
L i k e  a  m o u n t a i n
A t   t i m e s   i t   r a i n s ,
A t  t i m e s   i t   t h u n d e r s
A n d  a t   t i m e s  i t   f l o o d s
B u t  m y  l i p s  a r e  s e a l e d
I n   p r a y e r   o f   y o u r
L  o  v  e

✒ ℐamil Hussain

And
S u d d e n l y
The clouds gathered
And the sun felt so shy
In  brightness of light
O' there stood
You

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O’verse of my heart, O’ note of my soul
Convey my message in your humblest words
Say, your lover’s eyes are singing alike
The morning birds

O’ my sacred pen, O’ my blessed scrawl
Pronounce what you feel but hide the truth
Say, your lover lay despaired at
His marvellous youth

O’ couplet of my feelings, O’ tongue of my call
Assert what you deem but conceal the reality
Say, your lover lay tarnished and
Is beyond normality

O’ echo of my state, O’ voice of my world
Declare what you believe but reveal your sincerity
Say, your lover is dying in sweet pain and I am
Here to endorse its authenticity

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O' Thou
If you unveil yourself before thee
What a merciful moment
It would be

Oceans would
Flow in your intoxication
And every heart would pour
Like a sea

Thy ecstatic gaze
O' how mystic it would be
O' Thou if you unveil yourself
Before thee

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W h a t
A   m a j e s t y
F o r  t h e  M a s t e r
O f       t h i s  
C l a y

W  h  o
C r e a t e d  for
I t   c o l o u r f u l
N i g h t  a n d
D a y

✒ ℐamil Hussain

B u t
With you
I am so deeply and
So passionately
M e

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O '  L o r d
E n l a r g e   t h e
Chambers within my h e a r t
So that my soul will forever burn
I n   T h y   d i v i n e
S p a r k

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Thou
A r t   L o v e
An endless ocean
Within my  h e a r t
Thy secret source of
Intoxicating waves
Movest me closer
T o   extreme
C r a v e s

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Heart, O’ heart*
You have made my soul restless and thirsty
Although I adore the sweet pain
And love her generosity

For me
This world of being has turned into bliss
Surely her beautiful and gentle
Words are what I miss

Those
Charming eyes have taken me by my soul
Those gorgeous looks have made
Me out of control

O’ heart
Let her fragrance of love last forever
Let me march towards this
Wonderful endeavour

Maybe
All these are my imaginary affections
They taste like precious honey
From the heavens

O’ heart
Let her sweetness of love remain inside me
This suffering is unique so it
Shall never depart me

Like a hidden
Disease inside lasting without an end
May this continue until my soul
Is finally to ascend

Her last moments
Have set my heartily feelings on fire
Afflictions remain inside me as this
Is the punishment I desire

✒ ℐamil Hussain

Until
This era is, O’ let it be
Enraptured with pleasing joy
Make me

Unto
You O’ Cup bearer
The whole world sacrificed be
Ultimate wine of love this is
O’ serve me

Twofolds
Pour O’ Cup bearer
One for the sake of you, O' rose faced
And the other in the name of Lord the
Great be

Unconditionally fulfilled
May the aching desires of this futile
Heart be.

― Jamil Hussain

◈◈◈
O' Lord
Flourish her
With all the success
She is magnificent I
Must confess
◈
Give
Her long
And healthy life
Take my remaining years
And let forever her
Thrive
◈
O' Lord
Bless her with
More charms and beauty
Forgive her actions and
Grant her a
Bounty
◈
Let
Her accomplish
All her wishes and dreams
Give her all the strength and
Knowledge so that
She gleams
◈
O' Lord
Gift her with all the
Wealth and what she desires
So she may appreciate your
Kindness and return her
Admires
◈
Grant
Her a place
In heavens hereafter
Let her attain your joy
For the ultimate life
Thereafter
◈
O' Lord
Please accept
My sincere and
Heartily
Prayers
◈
Let
Not go to
Waste my high
Hopes and my
Flowing
Tears
◈
You are
All-powerful
And a witness
To all
◈
You are
The greatest
Helper for the
People who
Fall.
◈
— Jamil Hussain

O’
Beautiful
If you promise
To     u n v e i l    your    b e a u t y
Like a rose I will pluck my petals to comfort your pose
I will squeeze the fragrance of my desire
Seeing this humble act
Your heart will
C a t c h
Fire**

✒ ℐamil Hussain

From
A tiny spark
May burst a unique flame,
Your luminous heart a new
Destiny may it
Claim.

✒ ℐamil Hussain

T h e
G l o r i o u s  face
Of all faces has appeared
L u s t r e  has  emerged and
All the shadows  h a v e
Disappeared

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I n   t h e
Moon’s shadow
You unveil your
Youthful splendour
O’ how lovely of
Y o u

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O '    L o r d
Thy love is cure for all illness
Let it arise inside  m e

Let it capture
My   w h o l e   body
And pour within every vein
Let it seize my soul entirely
And encounter the sweetness
Of  your  p a i n

O' Knower
O f   my   h e a r t
Melt all that which is inside me
Shaping a sole image of
Y o u    therein

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O’  m a g n i f i c e n t  dew of life
Ocean sealed within a droplet you are
Charm within every seeing eye you are

O’ divine  g l a n c e  of  beauty
E l e g a n t  garden of majesty you are
Blooming flowers of  s p r i n g  you are

O’  sublime   g e n e r o s i t y
Sweetest  a r o m a  of love you are
A  t r u e sign of perfection you are

O’   m a r v e l l o u s    g r a c e
A seeker of your glorious gaze I am
A shadow of your burning flame I am

Cup awaiting your trance I am
A humble soul of Jamil I am

✒ ℐamil Hussain

Thou
T u r n e s t
Worthless Stones into
Glittering diamonds and
A precious diamond
Into flying
D u s t

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O' prettiest
Your anxious eyes
And your pulse is rising
It feels

Your
Intoxicating smile
And peace of so many hearts
Just like that it steals

O’ you are so brave
And you are so courageous
Your magnificent company
And wounds of life
Just like that it heals

Within
A single gesture
Hundred thousand secrets
Your heart conceals

There sits the sun
In presence of your majesty
And here charms of your glow
Before me it reveals

Love
Will find a way
And that’s how
It feels

― Jamil Hussain

One fine morning, I said to the sun


O’ Sun
What is the secrecy of your light?
Certainly the world is nothing without your sight?

What keeps you aflame so vigorously day and night?
You are fed nothing thus what makes you so bright?

__


The Sun replied*

O’ Jamil
Your eyes cannot endure me fully
And yet you question the veil of my mystery

I keep my glow with love of One light
Devotion of which keeps me so bright

O’ Jamil
Create a gleam within your heart
Set yourself ablaze in love of this One light


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O'    i m m o r t a l    love
Take me within your glorious arms
Drown me deep within your
M a r v e  l l o u s  charms

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T h o u
Art Humanity
All created by one origin
A d a m            and           E v e
Noble fabrics of this glorious life
And its wondrous
W e a v e

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C h a l i c e
Lay empty and lost in thoughts I am

Such moments of sweet agony
And lost in thoughts I am

O’ Cup-bearer
A tiny inconvenience for  y o u  
Hold the ocean still as lost in thoughts I am

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Pearl
I  am  not
Nor do I   c l a i m  to be
If the Lord blessed this tiniest droplet
I n   Thy  o c e a n   of   l o v e
What a glorious life
This would
B e

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I n
The end
L o v e   conquered
Every heart and each living soul
Imparting its rays of wisdom
And making us
Whole

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I am sick and through You
O’ beloved, I am cured

I am so empty and through You
O’ beloved, I am filled

I am lost and through You
O’ beloved, I am found

I am nothing yet through You
O’ beloved, I am something

✒ ℐamil Hussain

O’ love
You are a
Candle of infinite skies
And you are an excitement
O f    each   l i v i n g
S o u l

Your
Charm turns
Each leaf into a splendid rose
And every petal assembles
Into   a   d r e a m y
P o s e

Now
L e t      t h e  
B l o o d   in my veins
Light up like a
L a m p

O'  l o v e
Unveil  your  m y s t e r y
And pose with your ultimate glory
So that forever possessed
I shall stand

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R i s e
Like the morning sun
And  c o v e r  the entire day
With  y o u r  
Bliss

Ignite the
Flames of your passion
So that destiny will  c o m e
To your feet and
K i s s

✒ ℐamil Hussain

O
Thou
What I
Was yesterday
Will not be today
What I will be today
Will not be another day
I, bloom in passion of Thy
Burning and rising like a ray
Thirst and enduring pain, I obey
Woven in desire of love and mystery
Now aid me stand firm in this *** of clay
Breathe fresh life into my eyes, for a new day

✒ ℐamil Hussain

I    know  of  no  r i g h t
Or   w r o n g   in  what I have  s a i d
She caused the stir and I became   so   s p r e a d

I answered her   g e n t l y  and   s p o k e    the    t r u t h
I knew not,   b u r n i n g   so    h o t   is  her   h e a v e n l y   youth

That morning, it’s like she woke up from the wrong side of her bed
Or all night on    s w e e t e s t   wine   she   m u s t    have   f e d

Hidden and yet revealed, s m a r t  questions to me she poured
She did her part so wisely only for me to become so lured

She said open your romantic heart and let's together pen
Let us make the world hear these rhymes and tales
Becoming the new ten out of ten

✒ ℐamil Hussain

chale to kaT hī jā.egā safar āhista āhista
ham us ke paas jaate haiñ magar āhista āhista

Endure and the journey will end, gradually O’ slowly
We move to be ever so near but gently O’ slowly

abhī tāroñ se khelo chāñd kī kirnoñ se iThlāo
milegī us ke chehre kī sahar āhista āhista

For now, play with the stars and pace with moonlit rays
You will meet manifestation of her dawn gradually O’ slowly

darīchoñ ko to dekho chilmanoñ ke raaz to samjho
uTheñge parda-hā-e-bām-o-dar āhista āhista

Observe the windows and know the mystery of curtains
Secrecy of wall and terrace will be no more, gradually O’ slowly

zamāne bhar kī kaifiyat simaT aa.egī sāġhar meñ
piyo un añkhḌiyoñ ke naam par āhista āhista

State of time has poured into a wine-cup
Drink in the honour of those eyes but gradually O’ slowly

yūñhī ik roz apne dil kā qissa bhī sunā denā
ḳhitāb āhista āhista nazar āhista āhista

Just like that, one day reveal the tale of your heart
Conveying softly O’ slowly, glancing secretly O’ slowly

✒  Translated by ℐamil Hussain