Life was like a desert,
And I wandered through it like a nomad.

This thirsty soul was searching for water,
And suddenly, there came the arrival of a mermaid.

On the path, there were many ponds and lakes,
Yet my heart remained stuck on her alone.

Finally, when I reached close to her,
She turned out to be nothing but an illusion.

The thirst remained,
And my search was incomplete.

I continued on this futile journey,
Until God granted me that oasis.

That’s when I realized this was love, this was passion,
And in the end, I found the solace of my life.

I hate myself for being imprisoned in this love,
For losing myself in the madness of this love.

I know I won’t reach the destination,
Yet I will walk this journey with you.

I have seen paradise here in this world,
Everywhere you have stepped, graced with divinity.

You have captured this lover for a lifetime,
I have embraced this cage through the passage of time.

Your very existence is the plea of my prayers,
You are the rain that quenches this wanderer’s thirst.

There are no words in this world to describe you,
And so, I am preserving you in my verses.

The air carried the melody of songs, but in my ears was only her voice,
The moonlight graced the sky, but her face alone seemed most exquisite.

I had fallen for that angel long ago, yet my mind refused to accept it,
Today I confess, she ignited with force the fire in my heart.

For this patient of love, she became the cure,
Now, our union shall be witnessed by God.

I tried to belong to someone else,
But why, when I couldn’t even belong to myself.

When I sought you, my life was colorless,
But this search has adorned it with colors.

Oh, how I wish I could make others understand the significance of this journey,
For it is only you who embody permanence in this universe.

Now, I sit in silence at the journey’s end,
Carrying a light in my eyes, one that revealed paradise.

I was shattered, I had strayed from your path,
Yet, there always remained some connection with you.

I searched for you, wandering across this entire world,
Only to find you were always there, O Nurturer of all.

Be it a mosque or a temple, in the end, you were always one,
Worship, love, and grace—living by these, I realized, the path was within me all along.

Even after crossing seven seas, I couldn’t reach you,
Why did this wretched love cast its spell on me?

What were you—some illusion, or just a shadow?
Why did you give birth to this loneliness within me?

The question isn’t why you drove me mad,
But when did this madness of love truly begin?