"قصيدة أنيس أحمد بوخمسين "جهاد النفس

This is one of my favorite poems, I've been searching for it quite long & finally found it, so I wanted to keep it here..

بملء إرادتي وبملء بأسي :: عصيتُ بعالم الشهَوات نفسي

وعصياني لها رضوانُ ربي :: وعزّة حاضري وغدي وأمسي

إذا أسلمتُ للنفس انقيادي :: جرعتُ الذُّل كأساً بعد كأسِ

وعين الذل أن أحيا رقيقاً :: بطاعة أمرها أضحي وأُمسي

وإني قد أبيتُ لها انقياداً :: وصنت كرامتي ورفعتُ رأسي

أسيِّرها كما أهوى وليست :: كما تهوى تُسيّرني لبؤسي

أحاسبها قبيل حلول يومٍ :: أحاسب فيه ممدوداً برمسي

ومهما زيَّنت قُبح الخطايا :: وبثّت غيَّها في كل هجسِ

سأبقى ما حييتُ أقول كلا :: لما تُمليه من زللٍ ورجس

وأقضي العصر في حربٍ سجالٍ :: أريد خضوعها وتريدُ نكسي

أشُنُّ على رغائبها قتالاً :: وأترك جذعَها نهباً لفأسي

أُروّضها وألجمُها فيعلو :: صهيلُ جِماحِها في كل حسّي

وتبقى مارداً شرساً ولكن :: بقُمْقُمه الصغير رهين حبسِ

What Lies Beneath...

We meet many persons in our lives.. & each person we meet, we get a first impression about that person.. & through situations with that person & this person's behavior, our brain starts to build a full picture for his character.. & upon this picture, we base our judgment on that person.. Is he good? kind? gentle?? boring? ... & moooore..

But, the question is.. Is that enough to judge a person through situations u see that person in or through this person's behavior??
well, the answer in my opinion is "No"..

Through situations in my life, I learned not to judge someone except after knowing -wt I call- "What Lies Beneath"..
Every person in Life has his own problems, situations he's been through that affected his behavior, responsibilities... etc... Every person u meet has sth "Hidden" Lying beneath that body u see, It's sth lying there inside his soul, his heart & his thoughts... This sth influences him in how he acts, how he sees people & even how he forms his attitude towards life..
so whenever someone acts strangely or unkindly or any other behavior you think its non-acceptable, don't ever judge that person except after u know "What lies beneath".. or at least give the probability that there's sth that influenced that behavior..
Sometimes when we know those things, our judgment upon those persons is changed extremely... maybe from anger to understanding.. from hatred to love.. from tough attitude to pity...& more of those "extremes"..

I will just like to end with this sentence..

جعفر بن محمد قال: إذا بلغك عن أخيك الشيء تنكره فالتمس له عذرا واحدا إلى سبعين عذرا، فإن أصبته، وإلا، قل لعل له عذرا لا أعرفه.