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Numerous enquiries,
I made..
Oh Ali,
And I still ask;
From your well of cognizance
Tell me..
How waves transform into clouds,
And how do we collect their tears?
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And how does the ocean
Deposit its ebb
Upon the shore,
As ironed sheets?
Its flow in turn,
Extends to its limits..
And stoops to retrieve them.
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How does one day slaughter another
From whose wounds emerges dawn?
And how do the stars
Shield in the shadow
Of a giant tent,
Whose inhabitants have departed?
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And the sun,
Which has never been extinguished!
Whence does it reap its source?
It appeared,
Blazed and shone,
Then set with an inaudible groan.
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The hill with mouth so wide,
How does it exhale lava?
Heaving its fire upwards,
Then self quells the fire.
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And how is it
When a bird flaps its wings
It ascends,
Its chants louder,
When nesting..
It remains aggressively defensive,
And impossible to remove
From its nest?
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How does a whirlwind,
When braiding itself,
Entwine the waist of the globe,
Bringing serenity
With its gentle breeze,
And havoc with its anger?
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No matter how much we progress,
We shall always remain your pupils,
How and why does God create “a paper”
Only to scribble on our world?
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