Mirza Yawar Baig – We know You by Your bounties

			We know you, O Allah, by your bounties
		

			uncounted, By the rays of the sun, by
		

			the light of the moon, By the vast
		

			empty space and the stars that live therein,
		

			By the rain and the snow that help
		

			our gardens grow, By the trees, by the
		

			fruits, by joys and sorrow, We know you,
		

			O Allah, by your bounties uncounted, By the
		

			flowers in the spring, by the dew on
		

			the rose, By the summer, by the colours
		

			of fall, the herald of winter, By the
		

			music of the brook as it plays on
		

			the rocks, By dark skies, by falling stars,
		

			by wisdom, by stupidity, We know you, O
		

			Allah, by your bounties uncounted, By the rain
		

			to give life, by sunshine likewise, By the
		

			dewdrop on the thorn in the light of
		

			the dawn, By the fire of sunset as
		

			it lights up another land, By the bugle
		

			of the stag, by the beating of my
		

			heart, We know you, O Allah, by your
		

			bounties uncounted, By dreams that came true, by
		

			dreams unfulfilled, By prayers answered, sometimes in unexpected
		

			ways, By prayers unanswered for which we thank
		

			you today, By parents, by siblings, by children,
		

			especially teenagers, We know you, O Allah, by
		

			your bounties uncounted, By the silence of the
		

			forest and the grandeur of mountains, By the
		

			depth of the ocean hiding treasures unknown, By
		

			the fish, by the birds, by the black
		

			-capped chickadee, By the cardinal in the snow,
		

			by the waiting blue heron, We know you,
		

			O Allah, by your bounties uncounted, By the
		

			malin as he rises on his tail and
		

			throws the hook, By the song of the
		

			loon on the night of the full moon,
		

			By the storm, by the typhoon, by COVID
		

			and still being alive, By waking every morning,
		

			by sleeping every night, We know you, O
		

			Allah, by your bounties uncounted.
		

			By a future that looks dark, promising a
		

			dawn very bright, By our values, our compassion,
		

			our courage, by Islam, By those who lift
		

			us when we fall and fight for us
		

			when we can't, By knowing you, loving you,
		

			thanking you, and worshipping only you, We know
		

			you, O Allah, by your bounties uncounted.