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...rahiallahullah...
im not too sure who exactly this man was, but i do know that he's done some brilliant poetry (in arabic)...
anyway, these extracts from his poems are ones which i feel are brilliant.
ill add more in time, inshallah...let me know if they dont make sense, i translted them myself :hiding:
From tape one (there're about 5 tapes...as far as i know):
Tape 1
أن كان لا يغنيك ما يكفيك*** فكلما في الأرض ما يغنيك
If what you possess is not sufficient for you***then everything on earth will not be sufficient for you.
يا طالب الدنيا, بالدنيا الهمة***أين طلبت الله كان ثم
O seeker of the Dunya, in the Dunya are the worries*** wherever you seek Allah, He is there.
لم تصلح الناس وأنت فاسد
The people will not become righteous whilst you are corrupt.
للنسان طبيعتان***خير وشر وهما ضدان
For man, is two habits*** good and evil, and they are both contrary
(to one another).
ان الشقي للشقي خائن
Verily the wrenched (one) to the wrenched (one), is a betrayer
(i.e the blind lead the blind).
كم من شدة بعدها رخاء
How many of hardships has there been after it ease.
يا دنيا يدنيا يا دار الفتن***يادار يا دار الهموم والحزن
O Dunya, O Dunya, O place of trials*** O place, O place of worries and grief
كل خير تبع للعقل***وكل شر تبع للجهل
Every good is a result of a (sound) intellect***And every evil is the result of ignorance
they sound so much better in arabic :-[