God and God alone
Is the greatest
Everything else will perish
Even the very best
In and on this planet.
All praise to the Almighty
For giving us a chance
To make our souls grow
He is merciful and piety
Is -- as we should know --
A stream where good does flow
From here to the highest realm
Leading our spirits to Him.
Piety comes from loving
And kindness and tolerance
As well as realising
That it is the seed of goodness
In all its glowing finesse.
O Naveed! Hearken and heed
In thoughts and deeds exceed
Help all those who are in need
Let virtues flourish and breed
The saplings of faith and love
So that you are always ready
To embrace death as one fearless.
The messengers and the prophets
Have done their duty and gone
And the saints as well as angels
Wait for you from night to morn
When the time will come
Nobody can exactly foresee
So shun the garb of worldliness
And move on the path you chose
And be steady and firm
For every passing second shows
That the time to move is nearing
As destined from the beginning.
Money, fame, women and children
Are not as everlasting
As the good you intend to send
From here to the halls of Heaven.
Nothing O Naveed is wiser
Than to pass life like a traveller
Whose sojourn here is almost complete
And the journey ahead will greet
Your soul and you will reap
The fruits of the seeds you sowed
The seeds of love not the sword.
Annihilation O you mystic awaits
As well as the final destruction
Of everything and everyone
As ordained by God in His wisdom.
Your heart is in the possession
Of your beloved, rare, Special One,
Be good so that you can be,
Free of every other burden
Win happiness of true freedom
Embrace a spiritual welcome.
Be kind, caring and adoring,
Revelling in spiritual union,
Defying all temptation,
Beating world's deception.
The grave is not the domain:
It is just a short interval,
For the body to free the soul,
For its flight to the real goal:
For, from God do we all come
And to Him shall we all return.
To be with Him is salvation,
In the highest dimension.