Faith
You who, calling on God, became slaves of the world,
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
You who, calling on God, became slaves of the world,You straws turned to ash in Satan’s fire,When at times egos stray and make mistakes,You hold yourselves pure like angels,As if pure of heart and pure of understanding!You who could not strip away love of the world,Who handed over your hearts to arrogance and ignorance!You giants who girded your loins at Iblis’s command,What injustice you will do to one as frail as an ant,What injustice you will do to one whose heart is broken!Heedless, heedless of the wisdom of the Truth,Heedless, heedless of the mercy of the Truth,Their mischief is chains, their words deadly poison,O God, keep me far away from them,O God, let this heart love You alone!Satan is the enemy of the human race,And the human, mounted on the horse of the ego,Not looking at the cry of reason and of the heart,Goes falling into the snare of gradual ruin,Goes flying like an arrow toward the pit.Seasons change, years change,Paths change, roads change.The helping hands you held on to change,But let humanity never change,Let reason never be tossed about in darkness!We are no angels either, if you ask,Inside we are full of Satan, if you could see…If you could see the heart buried under snow,But never did we turn our faces from the Truth,Never did we build a house next door to Iblis.Even when we fell into the fire, we said, “O God,”Even when we followed the ego, we said, “O God”!..For whatever came, we called it a gift,We called it evil, but it turned out good,We called it good, but from it came spite.They say there is a flaw in the servant’s mind,The cure for that flaw is good manners, believe me.Those who are bereft of good manners will neverGain benefit from the light of their minds,Even if they set foot upon the moon!My God, give us fairness, fairness,Make our breasts pure of rancor, You Yourself.If we praise, let us praise only the Truth,Let Your love fill our hearts completely,Let our egos burn to ash in that love!Akrom MALIK
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