This poem was inspired by a book called: Purification of the Heart translated by Hamza Yusuf. The book is based on a poem called purification of the hearts translated from Arabic by Imam Mawlud from Mauritania in West Africa.
'If you want to change the world, do not begin by rectifying the outward, instead, change the condition of the inward.' Hamza Yusuf
The Quest to Peace
On a quest to peace,
Wearing a superficial fleece screaming: ‘free my people!’
But who are my people again?
I’m trying to change the world before I change myself
I’m trying to change the world before I change myself
How’s that gonna work?
I told science I’ve seen a black hole
Bigotry is contaminating the soul
Arrogance and ignorance going
Hand in hand forming something called an ego, ready to expand
Socially conditioned like moths hitting the same flame,
Rust on our minds like a broken bike chain.
The path to truth will get me that peace
Fire missiles with wordplay I’m acting in self-defence
No sense, your two cents is not appreciated Regev
Trying to maim verbally a political Rumi
Leaking like a WikiLeak or a spiritual Sufi
He Put a knife to my throat and said ‘gimme your inner gold.’ I said I just have a blackberry, and its not even the bold
Trying to steal my soul and hold my heart hostage
Trying to steal my soul and hold my heart hostage
Language spoken in the dialect of hate not love
crimes of war and humanity influenced by envy, anger and greed
as politicians plant the neo-colonialist seed
Tyrants say its for your own good
they say: War is peace and slavery is freedom
They say: there is truth behind the lies and lies behind the truth,
They say: Shallowness is in, Modesty is a sin
and burqa bans are soooooooo 2010
and burqa bans are soooooooo 2010
Now days justice starts with a conjunction and its ‘in’
In ‘justice’ like a sickly cough tickling our throat, and the medicine is in our hearts.
Before I find my mirror I need to find myself
I’m trying to change myself before I change this world,
Im trying to change myself before I change this world.
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Great stuff Zain! Inshallah I'll be able to see you perform it some day.
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