Eid

Shield of faith fortifies

against the evils of soul;

after thirty days

the divine gives a call

to our elevated persona

as serene breeze from the heaven greets our spirit. 

In his service—

we get together with our loved ones

to share our joy and moments with them;

fleeting times changes everything, 

yet there are days when you realize

times ripples within the same waves:

on this occasional revelry 

we cherish, celebrate

and embrace our lively persona, 

we sit together and devour scrumptious sewai

the way we devoured our sinister habits during Ramadan.

The horizon radiates melange of esctasy 

as we celebrate our transformed aura 

and all the good we did to prevail over evil;

the path perceived from the month of Ramadan

makes a way for the subsequent months of the year. 

With a beaming face we hug each other to greet—

Eid Mubarak!