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Through tears and prayers, Berak Hussain expresses her longing for the reappearance of Imam Mahdi in ‘Awaiting the Awaited One.’ Her words capture the heartache and hope of those who wait for the arrival of our beloved savior.
Words begin to fail me this time
As I begin to write from this heart of mine
They did not come so easily
And my hands shook readily
From the shame and fear
That I do not know my Imam and my eyes tear
My eyes tear that I do not know him
As serving him does not mean I beat my chest for Hussain in vain
While I wait for his reappearance
from his lengthy disappearance
What does it mean to
Await the Awaited One..?
The Promised one
The Savior of Humanity old and young
The one who Prophet Jesus will pray behind him with a true tongue
The one whose mother was a Roman Princess
Held captive becoming a free slave in an instant
Born in secrecy even his birth was awaited
In suspense, fear, and desire despite the hated
Imam at 5, a child prodigy
From Muhammad’s Progeny
Is his name Muhammad Al Mahdi
The Guiding One
The One who Guides the hearts lost
In this world’s temptations, we get so lost
Forgetting our past, history, and cause
Do we not stop and pause?
To think, to meditate, and contemplate
What it means to be a virtuous human of weight
To love our brothers and sisters in humanity
As our Amir Ali and Amira Fatima taught us in his service to humanity
He is the living Imam Ali of our time
He is the living Imam Hassan of our time
He is the living Imam Hussain of our time
Labbayk Ya Hussain We Cry
And say we wish we were with you that day and time
Yet why do we not give him of our time
To get rid of our soul’s grime
As he is THE Imam of our time
72 years gone the first time
and comes and goes he does from time to time
Appearing and offering prayers In Jamkaran and Karbala
In our visions, dreams, and between worlds
In the direction of the blessed and holy Ka3ba
Will we ever see him other than in these words
In the Name of our Beloveds
How are we preparing for him and his lovers
A promised legion of three thirteen
Of old and young wearing the green
Of Ale Bayt Yaseen
From the eleven
We have been promised the heavens
Do we deserve this salvation…
From the day of redemption…?
What does it mean to celebrate this day
The 15th of Sha’ban night and day
Lighting the candles and
Writing the A’reetha
Of promises and desires
Wanting peace and Sakina
the luminous full moon
Filling the night’s skies
And filling our open hearts
Dropping notes in the rivers and oceans
Hoping and wishing for our motions
To be conjured from our Master’s hands
I ask you…are you ready…?
He is waiting for us… we are not waiting for him…
This world has lost its path
As day by day, we are full of wrath
Not loving not caring for our brother’s lives
Disunity and hatred turning on each other’s backs
Your lovers attacked for loving you
Makes the heart sick with this lack of empath
To the Beloved we turn as the guides on the right path
As hell burns all around us we turn to the light
The Salvation so Bright
To understand that this life is truly seconds in sight
So how do you choose to live it…?
Ignorance of its plight?
Or turn to the lighted guiding one
With a pure heart of one
To understand what it means to celebrate this one
And understand that we are indeed all one
All on the same humane path to be won
Hand in hand we stand
With a hand on our head in honour of the living awaited one we pray and say:
O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
O Allah, be, for Your representative, the Hujjat (proof),
Son of Al-Hasan, Your blessings be on him and his forefathers,
in this hour and in every hour, a guardian, a protector, a leader,
a helper, a proof, and an eye. until You make him live on the earth,
in obedience (to You), and cause him to live in it for a long time.
Mowlid May 9, 2016/7
Poet and Narrator
Director
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