By Allan CF Goh
To all our Muslim compatriots
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Ramadan is seeking Allah’s blessing,
From evils are the souls set free.
This day marks the end of fasting.
Ramadan tests men’s steadfastness
In accordance with God’s grace:
Full of forgiveness and fairness,
Purged of all the satanic trace.
There is the sincere sympathy,
For the poor, and their poverty;
In the heart is the empathy,
For all the deprived community.
Eid celebrates God’s good men,
Honestly just, with good forbearance;
Not those with the deceitful mane,
With nasty, vengeful intemperance.
Hari Raya Aidilfitri joyously unifies,
The togetherness of friends, families;
And most assiduously quantifies
All the best values with fine homilies.
Here is wishing you and everyone,
A happy and blessed Aidilfitri.
May this day realize all your wants,
And suffuse you with joy and glee!
Maaf zahir dan batin.