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OPEN THE EYES OF YOUR HEART
"What is this world but a "tamasha"*
"A fantasy of just a few days
"At times it's a sweet dream,
"But mostly, just a nightmare,
"Harrowing and very frightening,
"With an unpleasant, fearful ending...
" Ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
" Open the eyes of your heart, wise one,
"Open the eyes of your heart...
This was what I heard a sadhoo* singing,
While taking a slow stroll last evening:
"Open the eyes of your heart, wise one,
"Open the eyes of your heart...
"People use us for their own ends,
"And we think they are our friends,
"And when they shrugg off leaving us,
"And we sigh as to why they pretend.
"No one listens to our cries...
"Ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!"
"Wasn't it all just a 'tamasha'?
"So, please open the eyes of your heart!"
"Every one has their own axe to grind,
"And we get trapped just like the blind,
"Friendship and love and being kind,
"Are bonds that are now far behind,
"So let this sight of me and those like me -- the blind --
"-- Awaken you from slumber, O you observing kind!
"Awake! O my lost friend and become wise...
"Ah, How I wish you could!
"How I wish you could...
"Ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!!
"Ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
"Awake! My dear friend, please wake up,
"Awake! Ere it becomes too late...
"Open the eyes of your heart and mind,
"Dear friend, please open those eyes....
And be not lured by fake promises,
"Or gift your heart to a seducer,
"Be on guard against flatterers,
"Whose very agenda, is your disaster:
"Love and friendship are now like 'fun',
"Used by many to denude you and run:
"So lose not your self trying to become,
"Majnoo, Ranjha and Prirthiviraj, the lonesome...*
When the world showed them at every turn,
Its wolfish, bloodthirsty, devouring fangs
"Making their last days become so gruesome,
"So, don't you too end up like them,
O, you handsome:
"Oh...Just open your real eyes!
"Open the eyes of your heart O friend,
"Open the eyes that can see all..
"Oh, Just open those eyes...
"Ere it becomes too late....
"Awake! Awake! Awake!
"And see the sad truth with those keen eyes,
"The ugliness beneath all lovely disguise,
"Please open those eyes...
"Open the eyes of your heart...O friend,
"Oh, wake up and be wise!"
(By Muhammad Naveed Ahmed/Emmenay. Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011).
