And at whatever time I contemplate the mountains, I am led to discover the ensigns of Thy victory and the standards of Thine omnipotence. -- Bahá’u’lláh
LAUDATE (Eilat, Israel, Oct '93)
Ragged edges, grand growth
Your marvellous massiveness of
Rock
Stands
Imposing your strength
With peaceful stateliness
And static power
With dominant ascendance
Your patient peaks
Protrude repeatedly
Extending far, far, far.
With calm and silence
You claim the space of vastness
Entrancing your beholders,
Enraptured and belittled
As they sift into
Near nothingness
While your scabrous slopes
Stand
Imposing your bedrock
While men submit
To your hold on land
While they capitulate
By contouring, overpassing
Your impregnable demesne,
Yielding yet delineating,
Disposing of you as they please
To Jordan, Egypt, Arabia and Israel
With foolishness they attempt
To divide your invincible substance
For while they perish by thousands
Your power is proven
As centuries surrender
To the serene eternity
Of your salient station
For within you lies
The impenetrable mystery
Of His mounting Kingdom.
Please God, He may enable thee to inhale the sweet fragrance of His Day, to partake of the limitless effusions of His grace, to quaff thy fill, through His gracious favor, from the most great Ocean that surgeth in this Day in the name of the Ancient King, and to remain firm and immovable as the mountain in His Cause. -- Bahá’u’lláh
LAUDATE (Eilat, Israel, Oct '93)
Ragged edges, grand growth
Your marvellous massiveness of
Rock
Stands
Imposing your strength
With peaceful stateliness
And static power
With dominant ascendance
Your patient peaks
Protrude repeatedly
Extending far, far, far.
With calm and silence
You claim the space of vastness
Entrancing your beholders,
Enraptured and belittled
As they sift into
Near nothingness
While your scabrous slopes
Stand
Imposing your bedrock
While men submit
To your hold on land
While they capitulate
By contouring, overpassing
Your impregnable demesne,
Yielding yet delineating,
Disposing of you as they please
To Jordan, Egypt, Arabia and Israel
With foolishness they attempt
To divide your invincible substance
For while they perish by thousands
Your power is proven
As centuries surrender
To the serene eternity
Of your salient station
For within you lies
The impenetrable mystery
Of His mounting Kingdom.
Please God, He may enable thee to inhale the sweet fragrance of His Day, to partake of the limitless effusions of His grace, to quaff thy fill, through His gracious favor, from the most great Ocean that surgeth in this Day in the name of the Ancient King, and to remain firm and immovable as the mountain in His Cause. -- Bahá’u’lláh
3 comments:
Terrific poem. Truly evokes the magnificence of mountains. I read it out loud, and it scans well.
Kia Ora,
Thanks so much, John! Have you ever been to Eilat? The mountains there are so grandiose. Of all different colours too, some brown, others almost black, and still others with dark reddish tones. Read your poem The Fall of Mecca, that's an amazing piece! Wow.
Lorraine, no I've not (yet) been to Eilat. Most of the mountains I know are covered in forest, or are snow-capped. Thank you for reading "The Fall of Mecca". Among those who come across it, I hope it helps to counter the misunderstandings about the Prophet Muhammad that are prevalent at present.
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