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you talked of trees that morning it was winter

you talked of trees that morning it was winter and the trees were bare it was cold outside

I said (remembering Sūrah Ibrahim): a good word is like a good tree with firm roots skyward branches fruit bearing later you almost wept and inside I kept repeating good words Arabic words and became firm in faith in our mother's winter journey from this life to the next

A Good Word
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by Iljas Baker
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A Good Word by Iljas Baker from the poetry book PE

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My eyes burn. My tear ducts are salty The redness.

My eyes burn. My tear ducts are salty
The redness. The soreness. Grief most gorgeous

The walk away blows all talk away
It's enormous inside where the war is

Crack the kernel. The heart is a beautiful bruise of purple

Excerpt from Separate Ways
- I.AM.SHAHEED
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
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In the dark at break of day⁠ a window open⁠ we

In the dark at break of day⁠
a window open⁠
weeps my heart newly broke-awoken⁠
Slumber slept in pleasant dream⁠
then unfolds the open-now⁠
Staring at the broken day⁠
each moment in-breath⁠
a cold new⁠
of smoke cleared vision⁠
an echo inside speaks in a monotone⁠
what now? and now? and now?⁠
⁠
from Bright Spark⁠
- Malika Meddings⁠
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES⁠
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry⁠
Link in bio @lotetreepress⁠
⁠
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We lost the core⁠ worship diligently⁠ with min

We lost the core⁠
worship diligently⁠
with minute, particular movements⁠
wrapping touted diction⁠
extolling the mundane without spirit⁠
we lost the core⁠
⁠
from Lost and Found?⁠
- Nimah Ismail Nawab⁠
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES⁠
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry⁠
⁠
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Reaching us beyond the speed of light, this is the

Reaching us beyond the speed of light, this is the speed of love. As photons brace the extremity of its transition, depicting nothing close to a thousand words, pictures are painted across the fragments of the broken and become endless galleries of mercy and, passion and hope. Each drop of ink trickles across my tender soul, coloured in love that I could spend a thousand years gazing upon. Or 1400 years or beyond. Because this is heart to heart. My internal candle converts to a roaring flame with just the utterance of his name - that some dare say but with heads lowered and hands held upon chests.

- Asim the Poet
from Dawn of the First Spring in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry

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I wish I could capture my grief⁠ in an amber amu

I wish I could capture my grief⁠
in an amber amulet⁠
tie it around my neck⁠
as a guide⁠
to remind me⁠
that in every step of my loss⁠
you have gained an eternity⁠
⁠
Eid's gift⁠
- Yasmine Ahmed-Lea⁠
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES⁠
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry⁠
Link in bio @lotetreepress⁠
⁠
#poetrybookshelf #poetrylovers #grief #loss #muslimbookstagram #muslimbookshelf #muslimpoets

Do you understand, this world was never meant to b

Do you understand, this world was never meant to be yours?

Now fall.

Fall all the way down.

And when you finally reach your beginnings, start afresh.

And He will be waiting there for you to rise again

from the poem Never meant to be
by Emny Kadri
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry

Link in bio@lotetreepress
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from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar

from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر دل‌های ما
مفتاح شو مفتاح را دندانه شو دندانه شو

qofli bovad mayl u havā benhādeh bar delhā-ye mā * miftāḥ show miftāḥ rā dandāneh show dandāneh show

Whims and desires are a lock placed upon our hearts * Become a key, a key! Become the key’s edge!

a lock . qofli . قفلى
are . bovad . بود
whims . mayl . ميل
and . u . و
desires . havā . هوا
placed . benhādeh . بنهاده
upon . bar . بر
hearts . delhā-ye . دلهاي
our . mā . ما

a key . miftāḥ . مفتاح
become . show . شو
[object marker] rā . را
edge [teeth] dandāneh

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه تو را آن جا کشد * ز اندیشه بگذر چون قضا پیشانه شو پیشانه شو

andishat jāyi ravad vāngah tow rā ān jā kashad * zandisheh bogzar chun qazā pishāneh show pishāneh show
Your thoughts go somewhere and then drag you there * Leave thought behind - like fate move on! Like fate move on

Your thoughts . andishe-at . اندیشه‌ات
somewhere . jāyi . جایی
go . ravad . رود
and then . vāngah . وآنگه
you . tow . تو
[accusative marker] . rā . را
there [ that place] . ān jā . آن جا
drag . kashad . كشد
from . z . ز
thought . andisheh . اندیشه
leave . bogzar . بگذر
like . chun . چون
fate . qazā . قضا
move on . pishāneh show . یشانه شو

From the ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

You are the night of the grave, go to become the N

You are the night of the grave, go to become the Night of Power * Like the Night of Power, become the souls’ haven! Become the souls’ haven!

‎تو لیلة القبری برو تا لیلة القدری شوی * چون قدر مر ارواح را کاشانه شو کاشانه شو

tow laylat al-qabrī berow tā laylat al-qadrī shavi * chun qadr mar arwāḥ rā kāshāneh show kāshāneh show

You . tow . تو
the night . laylat . ليلة
of the grave . al-qabr . القبر
are . i . ى
go . berow . برو
to . tā . تا
the Night of Power/Destiny . ليلة القدرى
you become . shavi . شوى
Like . chun . چون
‪[the night of] Power/Destiny . qadr . قدر‬
for . mar … rā . مر ‫… را‬
souls . arwāḥ . ارواح
haven/abode . kāshāneh . كاشانه
become . show . شو

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

چون جان تو شد در هوا ز افسانه شیرین ما * فانی شو و چون عاشقان افسانه شو افسانه شو

‏chun jān-e tow shod dar havā z afsāneh-e shirin-e mā * fānī show u chun āsheqān afsāneh show afsāneh show

‏When your soul is lifted up by our sweet legend * Dissolve into One and‪,‬ as Lovers do‪,‬ become a legend! Become a legend‪!‬

‪When . ‬chun . چون
your soul . jān-e tow . جان تو
is lifted up. shod dar havā . شد در هوا
‪by . z . ز‬
‪legend . afsāne . افسانه‬
‪sweet . shirin . شرين‬
‪our . mā . ما‬
‪Dissolve into One/ ‬
‪become annihilated [in God] . fānī show . فانى شو ‬
‪and . u . و‬
‪like . chun . چون ‬
‪lovers . āsheqān . عاشقان‬
‪a legend . afsāneh . افسانه‬
‪become . show . شو‬

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

That earring of beauties became a companion to the

That earring of beauties became a companion to the cheek * If that ear and cheek must be yours, become a pearl! Become a pearl!

‎آن گوشوار شاهدان هم‌صحبت عارض شده * آن گوش و عارض بایدت دردانه شو دردانه شو

‏ ān gushvār-e shāhedān hamsohbat-e ārez shodeh * ān gush u ārez bāyadat dordāneh show dordāneh show

That . ān . آن
earring of . gushvār-e . گوشوار
beauties . shāhedān . شاهدان
a companion to . hamsohbat-e . هم‌صحبت
the cheek . ārez . عارض
became . shodeh . شده
That . ān . آن
ear . gush . گوش
and . u . و
cheek . ārez . عارض
must be yours . bāyadat . بایدت
a pearl . dordāneh . دردانه
become . show . شو

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Belov

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Beloved * If you go to those who are drunk, go drunkenly! go drunkenly!

‎باید که جمله جان شوی تا لایق جانان شوی * گر سوی مستان می‌روی مستانه شو مستانه شو

bāyad ke jomleh jān shavi tā lāyeq-e jānān shavi * gar sūye mastān miravi, mastāneh show, mastāneh show

It must be . bāyad . باید
that . ke . که
all . jomleh . جمله
soul/ life . jān . جان
you become . shavi . شوی
so that . tā . تا
worthy of . lāyeq-e . لایق
the Beloved . jānān . جانان
you become . shavi . شوی
if . gar . گر
towards . sūye .سوی
the drunk . mastān . مستان
you go . miravi . می‌روی
drunkenly . mastāneh . مستانه
go . show . شو

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

If one opening of the door becomes apparent to you

If one opening of the door becomes apparent to you
You see the sun within the shadow
You see the shadow lost in the sun always
See yourself all sun, and peace be with you

گر ترا پيدا شود يك فتح باب
تو درون سايه بينى آفتاب
سايه در خورشيد گم بينى مدام
خود همه خورشيد بيني والسلام

gar towrā paydā shavad yek fatḥe bāb* tow darun sāye bīnī āftāb
sāye dar khurshīd gom bīnī mudām* khod hame khurshīd bīnī u ssalām

if . gar . گر
to you . towra . ترا
becomes . shavad . شود
apparent . paydā . پيدا
one ‫.‬ yek . يك
opening of ‫.‬ fatḥe - فتح
the door ‫.‬ bāb . باب
you . tow . تو
within . darūn . درون
sāye . the ‫‬shadow . سايه
you see . bīnī . بيني
the sun . āftāb . ‫آفتاب ‬

The shadow . sāye . سايه
in . dar . در
the sun . khurshīd . خورشيد
lost . gom . گم
you see. bīnī . بينى
always . mudām . مدام
yourself . khud . خود
all . hame . همه
and peace be with you. . wassalam . والسلام

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you talked of trees that morning it was winter

you talked of trees that morning it was winter and the trees were bare it was cold outside

I said (remembering Sūrah Ibrahim): a good word is like a good tree with firm roots skyward branches fruit bearing later you almost wept and inside I kept repeating good words Arabic words and became firm in faith in our mother's winter journey from this life to the next

A Good Word
From the poetry book PEACE BE UPON US
by Iljas Baker
link in bio @lotetreepress

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A Good Word by Iljas Baker from the poetry book PE

A Good Word by Iljas Baker from the poetry book PEACE BE UPON US
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My eyes burn. My tear ducts are salty The redness.

My eyes burn. My tear ducts are salty
The redness. The soreness. Grief most gorgeous

The walk away blows all talk away
It's enormous inside where the war is

Crack the kernel. The heart is a beautiful bruise of purple

Excerpt from Separate Ways
- I.AM.SHAHEED
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
Link in bio@lotetreepress
#poetryjourney
#muslimpoetry
#spiritualjourney #sufipoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#muslimbookshelf
#poetrybooks #sufibooks
#poetryanthology #poetrylovers
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In the dark at break of day⁠ a window open⁠ we

In the dark at break of day⁠
a window open⁠
weeps my heart newly broke-awoken⁠
Slumber slept in pleasant dream⁠
then unfolds the open-now⁠
Staring at the broken day⁠
each moment in-breath⁠
a cold new⁠
of smoke cleared vision⁠
an echo inside speaks in a monotone⁠
what now? and now? and now?⁠
⁠
from Bright Spark⁠
- Malika Meddings⁠
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES⁠
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry⁠
Link in bio @lotetreepress⁠
⁠
#poetrylovers #poetrysociety #poetrybookshelf #muslimbookstragram #muslimbookshelf #poemoftheday

We lost the core⁠ worship diligently⁠ with min

We lost the core⁠
worship diligently⁠
with minute, particular movements⁠
wrapping touted diction⁠
extolling the mundane without spirit⁠
we lost the core⁠
⁠
from Lost and Found?⁠
- Nimah Ismail Nawab⁠
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES⁠
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry⁠
⁠
#poemoftheday #poetrylovers #muslimpoet #muslimbookstagram #poetrybookshelf #muslimbookshelf #prayer

Reaching us beyond the speed of light, this is the

Reaching us beyond the speed of light, this is the speed of love. As photons brace the extremity of its transition, depicting nothing close to a thousand words, pictures are painted across the fragments of the broken and become endless galleries of mercy and, passion and hope. Each drop of ink trickles across my tender soul, coloured in love that I could spend a thousand years gazing upon. Or 1400 years or beyond. Because this is heart to heart. My internal candle converts to a roaring flame with just the utterance of his name - that some dare say but with heads lowered and hands held upon chests.

- Asim the Poet
from Dawn of the First Spring in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry

Link in bio@lotetreepress
#poetryjourney
#muslimpoetry #mawlid
#spiritualjourney #sufipoetry
#muslimbookstagram #ṣallallāhualayhiwasalam #prophetmuhammadﷺ
#muslimbookshelf
#poetrybooks #sufibooks
#poetryanthology #poetrylovers
#muslimpoet #poemoftheday

I wish I could capture my grief⁠ in an amber amu

I wish I could capture my grief⁠
in an amber amulet⁠
tie it around my neck⁠
as a guide⁠
to remind me⁠
that in every step of my loss⁠
you have gained an eternity⁠
⁠
Eid's gift⁠
- Yasmine Ahmed-Lea⁠
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES⁠
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry⁠
Link in bio @lotetreepress⁠
⁠
#poetrybookshelf #poetrylovers #grief #loss #muslimbookstagram #muslimbookshelf #muslimpoets

Do you understand, this world was never meant to b

Do you understand, this world was never meant to be yours?

Now fall.

Fall all the way down.

And when you finally reach your beginnings, start afresh.

And He will be waiting there for you to rise again

from the poem Never meant to be
by Emny Kadri
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry

Link in bio@lotetreepress
#poetryjourney
#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#muslimbookshelf
#poetrybooks #spiritualjourney
#poetryanthology #poetrylovers
#muslimpoet #poemoftheday
#akhirahoverdunya

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from Back - Murtaza Humayun Saeed in A Kaleidoscop

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- Murtaza Humayun Saeed
in A Kaleidoscope of Stories - Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
Lote Tree Press
Link in bio @lotetreepress

from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar

from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر دل‌های ما
مفتاح شو مفتاح را دندانه شو دندانه شو

qofli bovad mayl u havā benhādeh bar delhā-ye mā * miftāḥ show miftāḥ rā dandāneh show dandāneh show

Whims and desires are a lock placed upon our hearts * Become a key, a key! Become the key’s edge!

a lock . qofli . قفلى
are . bovad . بود
whims . mayl . ميل
and . u . و
desires . havā . هوا
placed . benhādeh . بنهاده
upon . bar . بر
hearts . delhā-ye . دلهاي
our . mā . ما

a key . miftāḥ . مفتاح
become . show . شو
[object marker] rā . را
edge [teeth] dandāneh

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه تو را آن جا کشد * ز اندیشه بگذر چون قضا پیشانه شو پیشانه شو

andishat jāyi ravad vāngah tow rā ān jā kashad * zandisheh bogzar chun qazā pishāneh show pishāneh show
Your thoughts go somewhere and then drag you there * Leave thought behind - like fate move on! Like fate move on

Your thoughts . andishe-at . اندیشه‌ات
somewhere . jāyi . جایی
go . ravad . رود
and then . vāngah . وآنگه
you . tow . تو
[accusative marker] . rā . را
there [ that place] . ān jā . آن جا
drag . kashad . كشد
from . z . ز
thought . andisheh . اندیشه
leave . bogzar . بگذر
like . chun . چون
fate . qazā . قضا
move on . pishāneh show . یشانه شو

From the ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

You are the night of the grave, go to become the N

You are the night of the grave, go to become the Night of Power * Like the Night of Power, become the souls’ haven! Become the souls’ haven!

‎تو لیلة القبری برو تا لیلة القدری شوی * چون قدر مر ارواح را کاشانه شو کاشانه شو

tow laylat al-qabrī berow tā laylat al-qadrī shavi * chun qadr mar arwāḥ rā kāshāneh show kāshāneh show

You . tow . تو
the night . laylat . ليلة
of the grave . al-qabr . القبر
are . i . ى
go . berow . برو
to . tā . تا
the Night of Power/Destiny . ليلة القدرى
you become . shavi . شوى
Like . chun . چون
‪[the night of] Power/Destiny . qadr . قدر‬
for . mar … rā . مر ‫… را‬
souls . arwāḥ . ارواح
haven/abode . kāshāneh . كاشانه
become . show . شو

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

چون جان تو شد در هوا ز افسانه شیرین ما * فانی شو و چون عاشقان افسانه شو افسانه شو

‏chun jān-e tow shod dar havā z afsāneh-e shirin-e mā * fānī show u chun āsheqān afsāneh show afsāneh show

‏When your soul is lifted up by our sweet legend * Dissolve into One and‪,‬ as Lovers do‪,‬ become a legend! Become a legend‪!‬

‪When . ‬chun . چون
your soul . jān-e tow . جان تو
is lifted up. shod dar havā . شد در هوا
‪by . z . ز‬
‪legend . afsāne . افسانه‬
‪sweet . shirin . شرين‬
‪our . mā . ما‬
‪Dissolve into One/ ‬
‪become annihilated [in God] . fānī show . فانى شو ‬
‪and . u . و‬
‪like . chun . چون ‬
‪lovers . āsheqān . عاشقان‬
‪a legend . afsāneh . افسانه‬
‪become . show . شو‬

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

That earring of beauties became a companion to the

That earring of beauties became a companion to the cheek * If that ear and cheek must be yours, become a pearl! Become a pearl!

‎آن گوشوار شاهدان هم‌صحبت عارض شده * آن گوش و عارض بایدت دردانه شو دردانه شو

‏ ān gushvār-e shāhedān hamsohbat-e ārez shodeh * ān gush u ārez bāyadat dordāneh show dordāneh show

That . ān . آن
earring of . gushvār-e . گوشوار
beauties . shāhedān . شاهدان
a companion to . hamsohbat-e . هم‌صحبت
the cheek . ārez . عارض
became . shodeh . شده
That . ān . آن
ear . gush . گوش
and . u . و
cheek . ārez . عارض
must be yours . bāyadat . بایدت
a pearl . dordāneh . دردانه
become . show . شو

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Belov

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Beloved * If you go to those who are drunk, go drunkenly! go drunkenly!

‎باید که جمله جان شوی تا لایق جانان شوی * گر سوی مستان می‌روی مستانه شو مستانه شو

bāyad ke jomleh jān shavi tā lāyeq-e jānān shavi * gar sūye mastān miravi, mastāneh show, mastāneh show

It must be . bāyad . باید
that . ke . که
all . jomleh . جمله
soul/ life . jān . جان
you become . shavi . شوی
so that . tā . تا
worthy of . lāyeq-e . لایق
the Beloved . jānān . جانان
you become . shavi . شوی
if . gar . گر
towards . sūye .سوی
the drunk . mastān . مستان
you go . miravi . می‌روی
drunkenly . mastāneh . مستانه
go . show . شو

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

If one opening of the door becomes apparent to you

If one opening of the door becomes apparent to you
You see the sun within the shadow
You see the shadow lost in the sun always
See yourself all sun, and peace be with you

گر ترا پيدا شود يك فتح باب
تو درون سايه بينى آفتاب
سايه در خورشيد گم بينى مدام
خود همه خورشيد بيني والسلام

gar towrā paydā shavad yek fatḥe bāb* tow darun sāye bīnī āftāb
sāye dar khurshīd gom bīnī mudām* khod hame khurshīd bīnī u ssalām

if . gar . گر
to you . towra . ترا
becomes . shavad . شود
apparent . paydā . پيدا
one ‫.‬ yek . يك
opening of ‫.‬ fatḥe - فتح
the door ‫.‬ bāb . باب
you . tow . تو
within . darūn . درون
sāye . the ‫‬shadow . سايه
you see . bīnī . بيني
the sun . āftāb . ‫آفتاب ‬

The shadow . sāye . سايه
in . dar . در
the sun . khurshīd . خورشيد
lost . gom . گم
you see. bīnī . بينى
always . mudām . مدام
yourself . khud . خود
all . hame . همه
and peace be with you. . wassalam . والسلام

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