Says Rahim do not snap ever <br />the thread of love <br />once broken, it does not unite <br />if it does, knots appear. <br /> <br /> Says Rahim do not spurn the trivial <br /> seeing the weighty <br /> when you need a sewing needle <br /> of what use a sword. <br /> <br />Says Rahim keep your sorrow <br />to your own heart <br />others will taunt you <br />none willing to share. <br /> <br /> Says Rahim a man with no education <br /> wisdom, religion and generosity <br /> an animal without a tail or horns <br /> futile is his birth in this world. <br /> <br />Says Rahim pleased I am not <br />being offered ambrosia without respect <br />better to die with dignity <br />drinking poison. <br /> <br /> Says Rahim a dilemma indeed <br /> when you speak out the truth <br /> worldly ties break <br /> with lies you don't ever reach God. <br /> <br />Says Rahim the sun rises with glowing rays <br />it sets with equal grace <br />so does a good man <br />living through ups and downs. <br /> <br /> Body, a paper toy <br /> turns into pulp in a trice <br /> strange, so says Rahim <br /> yet filled with much pride. <br /> <br />How will the weak ever live <br />fighting the strong? <br />Says Rahim like being at war <br />with the crocodile while in water. <br /> <br /> A tree does not eat its own fruits <br /> no pond drinks up its own water <br /> a good man saves for others' needs <br /> so says Rahim. <br /> <br />Blessed is the love the fish has for water <br />lifeless without it <br />says Rahim a bumble bee is different <br />hopping flower to flower. <br /> <br /> Blessed is the swamp <br /> insects thrive on <br /> says Rahim so vast the sea <br /> yet everyone comes away thirsty. <br /> <br />Says Rahim my Lord's image is embedded in my eyes <br />there is place for none else <br />like a traveller turning away <br />from a full caravanserai.<br /><br />Abdul Rahim Khan-I-khana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/says-rahim/
