Only true friends’ disapproval may apparently hurt our indulgent intellect but will cheer our innocent heart, writes Mujeeb Jaihoon
“If your wise head
Shall not feel bad,
A thing may I tell you
To make your heart glad
I may not be much wise
To give you any advice
Like you, I may not
Be well experienced
Nor on life’s stage
So skillfully danced
Even then,
Listen!
Even then,
Hearken!
I warn,
O Jaihoon,
Easy it is
To persuade
Others to call
A name after the devil
Ages, though, it may
Take to earn
A name that
Sounds human
He blessed us
As believers
To set an example
For others!”
Ah! Now this fool
Silently looks at the sky
And with a pounding heart
Begins to cry:
How very sincere,
An advice
My own self
I despise!
Ah! My state now
Is only to Him known
Why this sorrowful tale
I vainly clone!
April 2nd 2003. Edit Feb 2022
