You are my first thought
In morning light
You are my last thought
In the dark of night
With every action
“Bismillah!”
With every goodness
“Alhamdulillah!”
You are the laughter
On my child’s face
You are the moon and stars
Of the upward glance
You are the pain and cure
Of every ailment
No joy but You
No hope but You
And in the end
“La illaha illAllah!”
No I but You.
- Irving Karchmar, April 2007
BRA-VO! my friend. I love it. Mind if that one gets printed out and put into my journal? It will have good company.
Its really Beautiful Poem….
Jazakallah for posting it!
Asalaamu alaikum.
Are you submitting for the Sufi Poetry carnival in May?
Absolutely beautiful! Subhaanallah!
Ah! BEAUTIFUL!
Salaam Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Thank you all for the kindness of your comments :) Karen, of course you may, I am honored :) Aaminah, yes I did enter this poem into the carnival. Inshallah, there will be many beautiful poems much worthier than mine.
Ya Haqq!
i love it. thank you =)
soul-stirring! :)
p.s: Thank you for this wonderful site.
it is wonderful .what a beautiful thought.thank you dear brother
Assalamu alaikum,
Junayd may Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him said: “Whosoever repeats the Name of the Lord merges into the Name and the Name merges into the Lord.”
“No I but You”…sublime!
Wassalamu alaikum
amiskeenah
That was truly beautiful.
Salaams Baba Dervish,
Allah, Allah! What a beautiful poem. A drop of Love from the Beloved’s vast Oceans indeed! Quick, pour us out some more. We’re all dying of thirst! :)
Abdur Rahman
Salaams Once again Irving bhai,
It just occured to me to invite you to the Poetry Chaikhana Forum. I should have done so before, but I must have assumed you already knew about it. If so, forgive my intrusion. If not, you can find it here:
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Forum/viewforum.php?f=1
Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman
Salaams Brother Irving,
Alhamdulillah! Spendidly sublime, indeed!
Jazaak Allah Khair for this blessed sharing.
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Beautiful poetry you have here my friend.
beautiful poem! I like it very much.