few words many thoughts
December 2nd, 2003 byIf equal affection cannot be,
let the more loving one be me.
If any pain cannot be avoided,
let the more hurting one be me.
If secret strength is required,
let the quiet brave one be me.
If self sacrifice has to be,
let the sacrificial one be me.
If I could, I would.
If I can, I will.
If I had to, I would do.
Don’t you understand, it said to me, don’t you understand at all?
I am you. And I cannot be, without me.
December 3rd, 2003 at 12:17 pm
(glares at comment box.)
It et this last time so I’m typing it again.
Byootiful. This is Rumi, right?
December 3rd, 2003 at 1:13 pm
No, this is not Rumi.
This is me.
(ps: Abez, if you’re running into any problems, please contact me via the contact page. jzk)
December 3rd, 2003 at 2:30 pm
A worthy prayer. Lovely.
December 3rd, 2003 at 2:56 pm
few words, many thoughts indeed.
beautiful sentiment. the people you love are indeed lucky to have it.
December 3rd, 2003 at 5:35 pm
Insha’Allah and Ameen to it all, Waleed.
And Anju put it so well – I second her comment.
December 3rd, 2003 at 7:42 pm
Sounds like you’re missing someone who couldn’t join you on your holidays..
December 3rd, 2003 at 9:23 pm
i read that like 90287498475241 times and by that i mean a couple of times and i don’t understand at all
December 3rd, 2003 at 11:16 pm
WH Auden?
Nah, can’t be.
Beautiful, nevertheless.
December 3rd, 2003 at 11:26 pm
I got Auden too when I did a search for the first line on google.. I don’t think it’s auden though.
December 4th, 2003 at 12:06 am
Jaza Kala Khair.
The first line, yes, is Auden.
That one just stuck with me and the rest flowed out.
Try again Chai. N’th time’s the charm.
December 4th, 2003 at 6:48 am
ahh, I was trying to figure out why the first line sounded familiar, and thought that perhaps you had posted bits of it previously or something.
Good stuff still, upon rereading your post again.
December 4th, 2003 at 9:23 am
Ah, I knew I had read that first line somewhere before.
December 5th, 2003 at 1:49 pm
i thought it was n-1 time. oh no. i’m doomed.
December 6th, 2003 at 2:39 am
as though somehow i could prevent an ending that hasn’t occured yet. by being the atlas of this new, unfamiliar world. by standing true to these promises, prevent all further mistakes, all further endings.
this story can’t have a “happily ever after.” it doesn’t have a “once upon a time.”
only me striving in this pair to be more so i can sit back and see you.
December 6th, 2003 at 2:40 am
lol … no yodling eh w.
December 6th, 2003 at 5:09 am
I’ve read your entry several times now, I still don’t know what to say except subhanAllah, nice one Waleed.
I think you should have a seperate link set up on your blog for all your poem type stuffs?
December 7th, 2003 at 2:42 am
how sweet.
i used to think like that too. once upon a time. with the last line changed to “and i cannot be me, without you.”
then i found reality and here i am today.
ooh, a penny.
December 7th, 2003 at 8:10 am
my grandma says a penny for your thoughts all the time to me. she doesn’t realize my daydreams are plots to take over the world. sometimes she’s too cool even for me.
December 7th, 2003 at 6:45 pm
“then i found reality and here i am today.”
What is real?
You think that’s air you’re breathing?
December 7th, 2003 at 6:56 pm
also, I would want atleast a dime for my thoughts… there’s something known as inflation you know!
December 7th, 2003 at 7:46 pm
yaser – ouch ouch and as my bro would say, ouchiez.
even though your right, and i know your right, i prefer just now to believe otherwise. so much truth, so much, and i think i’ll define my own, as long as i have strength to do so.
adnan …. u know what I breathe? lol.
guess wat, the true artist thinks for free.
and then there are those, fools, who insist on giving advice even when people are willing to pay them to shut up …..
yes i can take a hint
December 7th, 2003 at 7:51 pm
and as a matter of fact, i do know the difference between “you’re” and “your” … blame it on the net-fobbiness. it comes naturally, inescapably.
December 7th, 2003 at 8:34 pm
when people pay me to shut up, I take the money…
December 8th, 2003 at 3:46 am
here are my 2 paisas
August 5th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
whoa!