(dedicated to the memory of my friend, Mr.Shimon Weinroth) <br /> <br />a voice from heaven <br />you heard <br />saying unto you <br />for you rest from your labors <br /> <br />suffer you not <br />at your last hour <br />deliver you not into <br />bitter pains of eternal death <br /> <br />a short time to live <br />it were a shadow <br />is cut down <br />like a flower <br /> <br />God gave <br />God hath taken away <br />we can carry nothing out <br />we brought nothing into this world <br /> <br />though they were dead <br />whosoever liveth and <br />believeth in God <br />shall never die <br /> <br />let perpetual light shine upon <br />do not fall into darkness <br />lead into the holy light <br />grant everlasting rest <br /> <br />(he passed away on December 9,2008)<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/memory-92/
