Literature & Languages

  • Issue 73 / January - February 2010



    Surprise Farewell

    M. Fethullah Gulen

    Surprise Farewell
    Death is a guest at our door, uninvited
    To some it brings bliss, to others perdition
    Suddenly shows up at an unexpected location
    Beyond which is Paradise or the pit…

    The spirit is anxious to flee this world,
    Breaths dying down in gasps
    Everyone broods by the cold corpse;
    The steps of the Angel of Death echo all around

    Lonely lives reach death alone
    Falling, standing and crawling in this abyss
    Horizons stalked by nameless fears
    In the end, buried in the void within

    For the believer, calls are heard from the beyond,
    They may fall, but like a drop, they still reach the sea,
    Transcending the limits, extending to infinity
    Free from the narrow confines of the mortal abode.

    They step into the garden of spirits,
    Walking under arches like rainbow,
    Showers of joy, springs of bliss overflow,
    A life-long journey unfolds its mystery.


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