If You Mend Poem by Mohammad Younus

The day is so still, the streets are at rest,
This is the paradise that angry God has desolated,
This is the town that angry God has long since left,
But the house is here in the same place vacant awaiting,
For the merciful God, who stands and stares,
And waves his hands, saying, ' I am coming back':
When I see his merciful look it makes me peaceful -
The light clouds show my face again to him,
And he opens his tongue to give me a good tiding:
'O' my doppel-gänger! You my vicegerent!
Why do you act the way that wins you my displeasure,
Love, love yourself, love all, subduing not your conscience,
For living in love, peace, and tranquility to my pleasure,
For so many years, I have overseen you living through fear and terror,
Those years I know, now will I show you free and peaceful years,
But, only if you mend.'

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