Text Box: Fragrance of The Past The scented rose of love has caught my heart in its soft petals, There in my breast I sense the moonlight of the past beckoning me once again, The Light of Truth has pierced my heart with its lance of freedom, A soul in the pool of eternity prostrating in humility, There all the friends of the Lord rejoice before His Might, O Beloved, You bestow on me so much favours, You fill my world with your eternal love, I admit that I cannot do a good to you, Nightfall has made me realize the beauty of daylight, Every breath of mine is devoted to you, O my Love, Look at this mendicant痴 pitiable plight, He is so full of sins and mistakes, He makes the sky shed tears of blood, He invades every heart with pity, O my Love, my reason to live is you, So why is it becoming so difficult to live? You are the lamp which sheds eternal light in my heart, Bringing the joys of love in every part of my soul, The fragrance of the past has caught up with me, Reviving the lost essence of forgiveness, Why and why the Rose of life capture the scent of eternity? O Rose of life, Lord of all lives, Still the sky is so full of you, The Earth is within you, The Earth of solace in your breast, O Lord where is the essence of the past which brings about the good news of the future? Where is the lamp of Your Love which warms up the whole Universe with the glow of your Presence? A Torment O Lord, Just one Torment which will make acceptation step forward and curb before your might, O Lord, Do let the soul enter the realm of Your Kingdom, Where the birds sing the song of Love, Where there shines a brighter sun, Where the sorrows of life find solace in the arms of eternal peace, Do carry me forward on the long journey of Union, Without You O my Love, I live not, Even when death rejects the notion of my presence near it, O Lord Do bring me forward towards this new life, Where the morrow knows no sorrow, Where the fragrance of the past can become my reality, Where every effort in your path would seem like not enough, The sky knows no relief when you are with it, The heart knows no solace when you are far away from it, The soul knows no rest for it has captures the fragrance of the Almighty King, O my King, Do bring forward my soul to Union with You, Give me the hope of a much more brightening morrow, Let bygones be bygones and forgive me my numerous sins O my Master, This slave is all Yours, Without You it dies a miserable death, Without you it knows neither East nor West, Neither pleasure nor pain, I知 confine within the boundaries of your commands, Do bring out the good from my pitiable plight, And let the evil in me rot in Hell, O Forgiver by Excellence Do show the beautiful colours of Your Mercy from within your being, And forgive me, For this beggar is all yours, Just cannot do anything without you, Just cannot live without you, Torment me no more O my Lord Like the distance of Love and Hatred, Be close to my heart O my Beloved, Forever I知 devoted to you, And this promise I carried with me ever since my existence, But I do not really exists O Love, For I find no existence without you, I知 a wanderer constantly roaming the desert of my heart, On the lookout of the oasis of life, The very water which fill my soul with eternal bliss, O Lord, Do please revive the essence of your eternal love in my breast, And make this poor soul taste the fragrance of the past with a new purified heart, Constantly worshipping you from dawn till dusk, Abiding by your every decree and thus feeling bliss with the blessing of your eternal Love in my Breast, Do hear my plight O my Beloved, For you are my Lord and Friend, My every heartbeat and the essence of my inspiration, The very beauty of my life, The Master and guide of my eternal living heart 17th June 2004 ｩ Hazrat Amir置l Momeneen Muhyi-ud-Din Munir Ahmad Azim