Silently the gentle wind
Moves the earth below
Beneath the clouds the branches sway
softly falls the snow
this is why I need to say
that I love you so
Carefully the tender breeze
Takes the leaves below
Carries them so gingerly
Till they kiss the snow
this is why I need to say
that I love you so
Slowly in this careful night
I recede below
Into thoughts that still remain
drifting in the snow
this is why I need to say
that I love you so
Hoplessly the night moves on
On the earth below
Life will leave and what will stay
sifting in the snow
this is why I need to say
that I love you so
Strangely soon will dawn the day
Rising from below
If I wake, I hope to pray
As recedes the snow:
show me Allah the way to say
that I love you so
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