Prayer of a child…

By: Hadi Hosayn
Poet: Dr Muhammad Iqbal

On my lips is coming a wish-like prayer Lord!

May my life burn like a candle-like fire!

With my breath may the darkness depart,

With my light let every corner ignite.

Let my breath add to the beauty of my nation

Like how a flower adds to the beauty of a garden

I wish my life were a moth, O lord!

In love if I was with the flame of knowledge, O Lord!

May my task be to defend the poor

To love those who at heart are weak and sore

O My Allah! Save me from doing what is bad

On the path that is right, on that You lead!

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