POETRY: ODE OF THE DOVE, BAHA'U'LLAH

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

He is the Exalted, the All-Glorious.

1. I was enthralled by light rays from a face Whose advent dimmed and darkened every star,

2. As though the sunbeams of Her beauty's glowappeared and dazzled planets from afar.

3. Her joy diffused the musk of the unseen, Her stature raised the Spirit up above.

4. The End-Time's Trump resounded when She blew; Her breath caused shadows of the clouds to move.

5. Her gleam reveals Mount Sinai's deathlessness; Baha's bright light is kindled when She glows.

6. Then to Her west the sun of splendor dawned, and to Her east, the moon of moons arose.

7. The mistral's fragrance wafted from Her hair, and Beauty's eyes were solaced by Her gaze.

8. Her shining face gave Guidance sage advice, and Moses' soul was cleansed by Her form's blaze.

9. The heart of hearts embraced Her eyelid's dart. For Her locks' lasso, Being's head was bent.

10. Her footprints constitute My highest aim, the earth She trod, the most high Throne's advent.

11. To win Her I have wept in every eye; in exile, I have burned in every fire. ........

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