Dont Break My Heart O Haji

Dont break my heart Oh Haji

Don’t break my heart O Hajī!
I drink from your zam I eat from your dates, I ask you for your prayers but
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
O Hājī, tell me not of the day you donned your iḥrām or of the time when you first saw the holy kaʿbah.
Of when you made the tawāf, or when you ran from safa to marwā.
Of when you first sipped from zam zam and when you prayed at the Maqām of Ibrahim alaihis salām.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! O Don’t break my heart O Hajī!
O Ḥājī tell me not of the day you walked to Mina or of when you cried at Arafāt.
Of when you stayed at Muzdalifah or when you pelted the Jamarāt
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
O Hajī tell me not of when you slaughtered your animal or when you shaved your head.
Of when you made the tawaf with millions or when you gave thanks to your Rabb.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
O Hājī tell me not of when with heavy heart you make your tawāf al-wida and when you prayed to your hearts fill.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
O Ḥājī, most of all, tell me not of the moment when you glimpsed at the green domed sanctuary, or when you entered the Prophet ṣallallāhu ʿalahi wasallam’s city.
Of when you entered the haram al-Nabawī or of when you first prayed there.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
O Ḥājī tell me not of when you cried besides yourself as you presented yourself at the blessed Rawdah or of what you whispered to your Nabī ʿalaihi ṣalām.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
O Ḥāji, tell me not of promises made of resolutions kept and of pledges or of a life changed forever nor of an indelible mark on the soul.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.
So as I sip of your zam and eat from your dates, I ask you for your prayers that I be called too O Ḥājī, that I be called soon O Ḥājī, for what’s the use of a broken heart O Ḥājī.
Don’t break my heart O Hajī! Don’t break my heart.

AD Pretoria. 18/11/10 /10 Dhul Hijjah 1431