Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik

Bismillah.

O dear one,

I wish you a joyous journey;

A journey to the center of Our Being

to the Heart that is without.

For our hearts that are within

are forever intermingling.

We were together in the sphere of 'alas tubirobbikum';
we are together now by His hukum,
and together we will always be

for the One, with the One

Allah Robbana wa Robbukum.

Circumambulating the Holy House,

we spin in our own hearts

Allah Allah...

where He dwells intimately and lovingly

like a dear spouse.

Labbaik Allahumma labbaik

Labbai kala sharee kala kalabbaik

Innal hamda wan ne'mata

Lakawal Mulk

La sharee kalak

Here I am at Your service O Lord, here I am.

Here I am at Your service and You have no partners.

To You alone is the Praise and All Bounty,

and You alone is The Sovereignty.

You have no partners.

O Sayyid,

every step you make around the Kaaba

is one step closer to the One Reality;

another rung higher on the ladder to eternity.

I am with you as you are with Him;

hand in hand we are, O sahib.

Walk around the beautiful bride

for we shall walk with her,

into the Heavens in the hereafter

with faces so bright.

I am chanting with you O Sayyid,

Labbaik Allahumma labbaik!

Here I am...Ya Rabbi,

walking around Baitullah

like lovers strolling in a beautiful park,

where love sparks,

in a never ending love story;

Ah...between You and me!

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(A dedication to a good friend SM on his pilgrimage 9 -19 Rajab 1430H)