Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik

Labbaik..….Allaahumma Labbaik
 By Asma bint Shameem

 As I pack my belongings..... and get ready for this great Journey
 I cry with gratitude..…once more You've blessed me
 Tears flowing…..in ecstasy my heart flies
 My soul sings….my whole being cries
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 But what are these words..... what do they really mean?
 Do I appreciate them?…Do I just repeat what I've seen?
 Do I really understand….
 Do I even comprehend….
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 Labbaik means I am here, Ya Rabbee.....I respond to Your call
 With a heart full of hope….for that Mercy that envelops all
 I'm here to serve You……I'm here to comply
 To You I submit……until the day I die
 Labbaik..….Allaahumma Labbaik

 Labbaik means total devotion…..submission to Allaah Almighty
 Labbaik means sincere obedience and commitment completely
 Labbaik means surrender
 …..for now and for ever
 Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

 Labbaik means I'm sorry…..so sorry for all my past
 Sorry for my mistakes and my shortcomings of last
 I beg You, ya Allaah…..please forgive me
 I repent to you, O Maulaa……do accept me
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 Labbaik means to change..…so that I live my life for You
 Whatever I say and do, from now on will only be to please You
 I will give up my evil ways
 I will fix my nights and days
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 But Labbaik also means.......I love you, Ya Rabbee
 Nothing else matters....but that You're pleased with me  
Its Your Pleasure that I seek
 Though I'm so sinful and weak
 Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik

 Head bowed low…. remorseful, and so full of fear
 I am ashamed of my life….repentant, as I stand here
 Yearning your forgiveness
 I cry out in wretchedness…..
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 Will I change for the better….will I turn my life around?
 Or will I succumb to temptation, wherever it is found?
 When will I even begin to see
 The faults that are so obvious in me?
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 I'll stop dealing in Ribaa….. I'll give up my Haraam earning
 I'll wear the Hijaab…… no more lying , no backbiting
 Never a single prayer will I neglect
 My character, I'll make…upright and erect
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 Don't let me become heedless, I pray….Don't make me forget
 All the promises I've made, Ya Allaah….all the goals that I've set
 Keep me strong, keep me steadfast
 Let this feeling in me, forever last
 Labbaik....Allaahumma Labbaik

 For I don't know when I'll die and I don't know where it will be
 But I hope I am in Ihraam….when the Angel comes to me
 'Cos if I die so, the Prophet told you and me
 when raised from the dead, my first words'll be..…
 Labbaik….Allaahumma Labbaik