By Sheikh Shabir Kulgami
Friends indeed, they lived in the garden-
The garden of milk and honey indeed,
A friend gifts honey to the gardener
Who smiles and smiles and goes to sleep
The friend now is free like a bird,
Whatever he wishes goes unheard
The other friend speaks of the right word,
And never has he gifted a drop of honey to the master
Who watches him like an eagle on a prey?
And away he sends him out of the garden on the fixed day
I told you dear, eat the right word
Which I speak never and live here for ever
Yet at me, you threw the pots of the rule
What though you are younger than me?
You really are a wise fool.
By Sheikh Shabir Kulgami
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