The Poetic Notebook of Mullazade Zaigham of Laulab

(5)

The partridge flies with the majesty of the falcons; the hunter is nonplussed: is it a partridge or a falcon?

Every nation is astir, her thoughts in a constant flux; today we see in the East the signs of tomorrow’s resurrection.

The deadbody, awaiting Israfil’s Call, has all of a sudden risen to life: Nature’s pitiless laws work wonders.

(6)

The dissolute know the Sufi’s accomplishments, though their miracles are not so well-known.

Self-enrichment, self-respect and the cry of Ana-al-Haq— these are the states of the wayfarer, if he be free;

But if slave, then it all becomes his all is He; he is dead body, grave and sudden death, all in one.