Submitted By: Kifayah Abdul-Quadri

The wind is strong and fierce
"Allahumma inni as'aluka Khairaha
Wa a'udhu bika min sharriha". ^1/
Clouds gather at end
The sky is lightish gray and orange
With bits of blue
The clouds now pour on earth
"Allahumma sayyiban naafi'an" ^2/.
With the vegetation
Bowing right and left
The sky now dark
The assembly falls harder
There is everywhere
Ponds of water
Thunder coughs
With picture snaps
And the lights out
The sky now misty white
Thunder claps
Making us tremble
At the dawn of the night.

©Kifayah Abdul-Quadri, 2002

^1/. Oh Allah, I ask you for the good of it and seek refuge in You against its evil - ABU DAWUD
^2/. Oh Allah, cause it to shower its fruits upon us - AL-BUKHARI