Eid e Norouzam bovad Didar e Mawlana Karim
Eid e Norouzam bovad goftaar e Mawlana Karim
Arezouie nist bartar andarin aalam maraa
taa bebinam chehreie taabaan e Mawlana Karim
az tou mikhaaham Khodaaiaa haajatam raa kon ravaa
Shie’ie oo baasham o zabraar e Mawlana Karim
az feraagh e rooie oo gardide’am zaar o nezaar
kei shavad roozi maraa Didar e Mawlana Karim
raaz e del raa baa ke gooyam vaaghef e delhaa tooie
raazdaar o moones o deldaar Mawlana Karim
bee tou in Norouz o in aalam beh maa zendaan bovad
daafe’e in band o aazaar Noor Mawlana Karim
zentezaarat gashteh ya Mawla degar sabram tamaam
dar feraagh e khish magzar Mawlana Karim
doostaanat doost daaram doshmanaanat doshmanam
garche gardad peikaram bar daar Mawlana Karim
Shie’ie tou rastegaarast o maraa taaj e saraast
monkeraanat khaar o bee meghdaar Mawlana Karim
bolboli andar ghafas mulla bovad as forghatat
yaa gol e afsordeh dar golzaar Mawlana Karim
My Id e Norouz is the Didar of Mawlana Karim
My Id e Norouz is the Speech of Mawlana Karim
I have no higher ambition in this world
other than seeing the shining face of Mawlana Karim
O Lord please fulfill my prayer
make me His Shia and amongst His followers
Being away from Him has made me weak and in tears
When my Roozi will be the Didar of Mawlana Karim
O Mawlana Karim I share my secrets with you as you know of all the hearts
you keep the secrets, you are the companion, you are the beloved
Without you this Norouz and this world would be a prison to us
Noor Mawlana Karim you free us from this chain and pain
I am now impatient in seeking you
Do not leave us in separation O Mawlana Karim
O Mawlana Karim, Your friends are my friends, your foes are mine
Even if my body is hung
O Mawlana Karim,Your Shia and followers are my lords
those who deny you, are insignificant to me
O Mawlana Karim, ~Mulla in being away from you
is like a singing bird in the cage, or a depressed flower in the garden
~Mulla Zabihullah Chahozi
The author is a contemporary Ismaili poet, now in his late Eighties
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