I Love Jamaat Jamans
I
was born a normal weight, like all other normal kids
After
birth my parents instilled in me some good and bad habits
One
of the bad ones was they kept feeding me until I burped & spit
The
other was they didn’t bother me when I slept resting fit
With
that kind of training, I excel in eating and sleeping
Wife
yells at my sleeping but I can beat the best in eating
Doctor
says to lose weight as the chance of diabetes need beating
What
else is there in life, Allah bless my parents for good teaching
It
must be Allah’s punishment for a diabetes-prone to be married
To
a wife who eats ice cream by gallons, stays slim & is not harried
If
I ate as much sweet as she does, on four people’s shoulder I will be carried
Why
was I not born with low blood sugar and cholesterol, with Allah I queried?
I
love jamaat jamans as my wife is not there to watch me
Two
khaaraas, two mithaas is not enough, I would love to have three
For
food and sleep, it must be a genetic quirk for wives to worry
What
she eats and how much she sleeps never bothers me
I
love jamaat jamans because I sit among friends and the family
My
wife is not there to talk about worries that she dreams up daily
I
can concentrate on eating without a care of
whether or not it is oily
At
home sweet and oily dishes for me disappear miraculously
I
love jamaat jamans except they are so rare
Only
about 200 a year, that’s not enough for me to flare
I
wish them 3 times every day, to get me a nice mid-riff spare
Then
I can have a triple by-pass, for my wife to have a good scare
I
love jamaat jamans because they are so rich and oily
Wife’s
cooking and the jamans in jamea are so healthy
Aamil
saheb keeps reminding me “ Qhum anta tashtahi (1) ”
I
know what that means, but I tell him I don’t know Arabi
Either
we should serve simple & healthy jamans to maintain our sehat
Or
in fakhera jamans reduce servings drastically to do our bodies rehmat
Ita’amut ta’am, feeding the momineen is a straight path to Jannat
We
all momineen pray for our Maola to live healthy ta qiyamat
(1)
Maolana
Ali (S.A.)’s kalaam = Get up (from thaal) while you are still somewhat hungry
Abd-e-Syedna,
TUS – Shk. Husain Jamali, Anjuman-e-Burhani, Los Angeles, CA