Da Qais Awlad (Offspring of Qais)

We live our lives moment by moment, exist breath by breath
Your guidance is our certainty until the moment of our death

You honoured this nation took witnesses from among us
And no matter what they say, it could never be a loss

Some of them live on, though we perceive them not
Alive and here with us though it seems some forgot

Your immortally beloved, the kings among saints
Free in their certainty no tribulations or constraints

As we stand on this plain with a fragrant scent in the air
As we witness another witness, on us shall be no despair

Our vision is a reality gardens beneath which rivers flow
Birds blissfully roaming, enlightened faces that glow

As we are standing here watching, there shall be no grief
Your favour to us is real enshrined in our belief

As we wait here left behind we shall sense no fear
From now until the end it is your call that we hear

It is you we ask for help, and your aid only that we seek
Avenger of the oppressed, oh comforter of the weak

It is you who elevate and certainly you who abase
The matter is in your hands no matter what we chase

In every tribulation that we face we can but turn to you
There are no paths except through you, if only they knew



Omar Sayyid Shah September 2008 / Ramadhan 1429