Starry Skies(My Poems)

SEVEN SECRETS OF DIVINE LOVE[RIDDLE]

Hearken to me, says I the soul in chains
Long have I tasted the faith in rains
Those divinely sweetened nights I gained
With my Guardian Lord in sweet barrage.

'Tis been said of the olden day saints
That they've glorified Him 100× by a breath
The trees challenged them in this regard,
"We praised Him in a day without a breath,
Hold your breath, if indeed you're true
And praise Him till the dusk's hue's due

"Learn from us seven secrets of love
For we've gazed seven heavens for ages.
In love, we learnt the ways of love
Allah be praised, thus prays the sages;

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We stood in line in ecstasy
And gazed infinitely with           
insanity
The stars watched us with fine pity
But our eyes went beyond them
Thus the clue of our first secret

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We knocked at His door
In hope and in fear, we waited
Our Beloved, no matter how long Thou takest,
We long to dine and commune in You

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The angels sighed and wept, in fear of You
They persevered since time began in glorification due
We admired such and wished our sighs the same.
Standing in rows, we lowered our eyes in shame.

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Listen carefully Oh man who seeks,
You who knocks at such a door we once did
Our colours are a diverse of goodness
We so attract many to our sweet nectar
For the stingy lover is no love at all

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Through rain and wind, our roots endured
And as flames touched us, we did sigh
Oh seeker! We sighed not in pain
We did sigh and say,
When be union in Thee, we pray.

No answer did come on from high,
And many a season came and went, filled with long sighs,
and so many were the unfulfilled yearnings in our hearts.
For many had turned old with unlove..

And so became our 100yr old love trial.

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Hearke' Ye, In my dying breath
Said the Willow tree in love,
Allah be praised, for thus is true love
Even as I pass unto oblivion's hive

Remember this, for lovers do not die
We only reunite with our Lord up high
So endure, for I sense love's tying
Ah! The stars dim before my eyes
I saw them not while alive
Allah be praised! Such fine art!

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So did he die as unloved,
We gazed into the sky one more time
As if to question: Is this love?
Our roots dried up, so our fate

Our leaves withered in a sad estate
Oblivion engulfed us in sour haste.

As we stood still one night,
I gazed up with a heart's desire

Yea, the stars looked down in delight
I gazed once again, beyond their lights
It was a moonlit night, none to enjoy it with

It was then, - I felt His presence,
It was so faint and yet, so true..
The peak of sweetness, dazzling silently..
Was He close by all along?..
Was He always this near, accompanying me through time?

These empty questions I ask, thirst for answers.
..so one more time, I'll try again

Allah, I whispered His Holy Name
Silence responded to I in my lonely aim
So I've been wrong all along..
My last bloom fell off,
'Twas my only claim
A teardrop sailed to prove me lame.

But 'twas what opened the divine gates..

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Seven skies thrumming in thanaa!
A'las I've attained!
What has been sought for for ages!

Praises filled the land I stood
And angels drooped down to pray
I stood on same ground with them
And I adored His Holy Name, filled with Grace..

Till I became His Plant of Praise(Hamd)!
Such is the tale of Seven Divines!

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What are the seven secrets of Divine love?

The answers lie in the poem of the trees who searched for acceptance from the One whom they loved.

How discerning are you to find all seven secrets?!

All attempts are welcome :)))