Mubāhala *

To the one who shrinks his love

to “Blessed Friday.”

For you, I say:

Come — let our hearts weep as one.

My letters—bowing and prostrating long at the altar of your silence — and yours.

My excuses — stitched in secret just to glimpse you — and yours.

The ache of my days

and yours.

My fear, raised by your own hand 

and yours.

Then let us swear together,

and lay the soul’s burning

upon whoever betrays.

• Mubahala: “Mutual cursing; a ritual in which each opposing party says ‘the curse of Allah may be upon the ones of us who are wrongdoers.’”   

(Taken from: https://rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-mubaahala?utm_source=chatgpt.com)