still far too soon
by Aqeela Naqvi
يا ليل طوّل ساعاتك
O night, prolong your hours—
let me for some moments longer gaze upon his face;
these hours of night,
still far too soon
these thousand years,
still far too soon
these infinite ages,
still far too soon
to embrace the
broken
body
of
Hussain.
