Golden Jubilee Joy

Jubilee’s can be platinum, silver or gold
But all that is symbolic, the Prophets the people told
The true meaning is brotherly love which is more than gold
Coming together is the meaning of Tawhid within the fold

Many false Prophets worldly riches to the people sold
And many lost in the maze of materialism, this untruth still hold
Look at the world’s poor, who hunger and are utterly cold
Lost in a maze into which they have rolled

Mankind looks away, to admire the glitter of gold
“All have come short of the glory of God,”
The great teacher with those words the world did scold
And to account, Jesus said, the Maker the rich will hold

But this is the jubilee year from household to household
Declare freedom from oppression, poverty and biting cold
All is mine said the Lord,
All the treasures, all the land, all the people and also the gold

Jubilees are joyous occasions, ancient and old
God told his prophets to declare the jubilee and be bold
Jubilees have spiritual meaning and riches untold
So open your heart and understand the real meaning of the gold


© 2008 Mahomed Ally Keshavjee. All rights reserved. Essay #366. April 4, 2008.

Jee Jay Wrap

Come on and hear the Jee Jay Wrap,
It is now covering the whole world map,
There’s no time to sit or take a nap,
There’s work to do. Get going, get hep.

Come hear and sing about the Jee Jay Wrap.
Joseph put on the Technicolor Magic Wrap
But Momins added Gold thread to that Wrap
Come over and join us in the Jee Jay Wrap

Come and open that big-hearted compassion tap,
Help the poor to understand the Jee Jay Wrap.
All who wear Joseph’s Magic can do the Jee Jay Wrap
The light is one. The coats are many. There is no gap.

Be sincere. Purify the mind and drink the magic sap.
Have faith, work hard and the world will fall into your lap
Come get hep. Come do the Happy Jee Jay Wrap.
The world is blind to the Gur Gat Ganga tap.
The Ganges flows right past your door. Scoop the sap.
Come get hep and do the Jee Jay Wrap.

The Illusionary world beckons but it is a big trap,
The Lord of the Ages guides us to leave worries in his lap.
To understand the message you need an inner thinking cap.
Get hep. Come on and do the Jee Jay Wrap.

Unity and ujama is the answer to cover the world map.
Build brotherhood and get out of the individualistic trap.
Get hep. Be happy and come join in the Jee Jay Wrap.
Leave the wine, drink water –it is the wise man’s magic sap.
Get hep. Come and do the melodious Jee Jay Wrap.

If you have faith and say to yonder mountain
Come hither, it shall come in a snap.
Come over, get hep and do the Jee Jay Wrap.


© 2008 Mahomed Keshavjee written on Mar 1, 2008