Islamic Poems

Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

As I pack my belongings..... and get ready for this great Journey
I cry with gratitude.....once more You've blessed me
Tears flowing.....in ecstasy my heart flies
My soul sings....my whole being cries
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

But what are these words..... what do they really mean?

Do I appreciate them?... Do I just repeat what I've seen?
Do I really understand....
Do I even comprehend....
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Labbayk means I am here, Ya Rabbee.....I respond to Your call
With a heart full of hope....for that Mercy that envelops all
I'm here to serve You......I'm here to comply
To You I submit......until the day I die
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Labbayk means total devotion.....submission to Allaah Almighty
Labbayk means sincere obedience and commitment completely
Labbayk means surrender
...for now and for ever
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Labbayk means I'm sorry.....so sorry for all my past
Sorry for my mistakes and my shortcomings of last
I beg You, ya Allaah.....please forgive me
I repent to you, O Maulaa......do accept me
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Labbayk means to change.....so that I live my life for You
Whatever I say and do, from now on will only be to please You
I will give up my evil ways
I will fix my nights and days
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

But Labbayk also means.......I love you, Ya Rabbee
Nothing else matters....but that You're pleased with me
Its Your Pleasure that I seek
Though I'm so sinful and weak
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Head bowed low.... remorseful, and so full of fear
I am ashamed of my life....repentant, as I stand here
Yearning your forgiveness
I cry out in wretchedness.....
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Will I change for the better....will I turn my life around?
Or will I succumb to temptation, wherever it is found?
When will I even begin to see
The faults that are so obvious in me?
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

I'll stop dealing in Ribaa..... I'll give up my Haraam earning
I'll wear the Hijaab...... no more lying , no backbiting
Never a single prayer will I neglect
My character, I'll make...upright and erect
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

Don't let me become heedless, I pray....Don't let me forget
All the promises I've made, Ya Allaah....all the goals that I've set
Keep me strong, keep me steadfast
Let this feeling in me, forever last
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk

For I don't know when I'll die and I don't know where it will be
But I hope I am in Ihraam....when the Angel comes to me
'Cos if I die so, the Prophet told you and me
when raised from the dead, my first words'll be.....
Labbayk Allaahumma Labbayk