Troubled time O Raheem,
Empty, each of my palm,
In truth, world nor its dream,
In falsehood there’s no Ram!
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Raheem was a saint poet of medieval time in India. This translation comes from one of his couplets; following is its transliteration:
ab raheem mushkil padi, gadhe dou kam;
sanche to jag nahin, juthe milen na ram.
Raheem beautifully essays the reality in this world. If one were to follow the path of truth, there is this world for him nor its dream. In falsehood, obviously one has to sacrifice the blessings of God-- Ram as Raheem puts it.
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Translations |09.01.14 |
Categories:
raheem, god, truth,
Form: Quatrain
Sticks collecting,
fire building,
flint colliding,
sparks flying,
smoke growing,
fire dancing,
flames crackling,
heat burning,
animal cooking.
Hunting
deer hunting,
deer slicing,
deer choking,
deer dying,
deer bleeding,
deer cooking,
people eating.
By Raheem
By Raheem.
Categories:
raheem, adventure, history,
Form: Narrative
23 years
The humanity was reborn
The societies reform
The culture and heritage changed
Taboos, traditions broken
Cleansing from social evils
Rode to victories on faith
Cared for orphans, children
Women and elders under mercy
Send out to enlighten youths
With knowledge and wisdom
When left the land, hands were empty
When came back, world lay at feets
Created a civilization from sand dunes
Words of whose are not in book
But in the warm hearts of Believers
Illa Muhammed!!
Moses begged for a vision,
Whiles He was invited to heavens
From first to last
None dare to stand to compare
Well, what will man compare
To One, who is reason
For his (man's) existence
Mustafa! Al Ameen,
Mustafa! Ya Raheem,
How can one not love
Whose Beloved is God Himself!!!
Thought the humanity from that love,
For care, to smile, to sacrifice and
To worship for the sake of love
Illa Muhammed
Categories:
raheem, caregiving, childhood, hope, inspirational,
Form: Light Verse
When you play a little Marvin Gaye,
And you mix it up with some Tupac.
You throw in a little Whitney and then
You add just a little Mariah Carey,
Some Ludacris, Some Mary Mary.
Throw in some Fred Hammond,
Aaliyah, Tank, Kirk Franklin,
And Raheem Devaugn's "Woman".
A little Dwele and Common,
Mos Def, Avant and
Gym Class Heroes.
Play some Ray Charles,
Heart, Queen, Ella Fitzgerald,
Paramore, Hawthorne Heights, Musiq Soulchild,
Poison, Case, Rascal Flatts,
Etta James, Louis Armstrong and mix that
With a little DMX and Christina Aguilera,
Destiny's Child, Timbaland the hitmaker,
Chris Brown, Anthony Hamilton, J Moss, Jill Scott.
Mix it up and then you've got
The soundtrack to my life.
Categories:
raheem, happiness, music, son, song-lyric
Form: Lyric