@3Al-Hâfiz! Oh, "Preserver!" succor us Who, humbly trustful, cry unto Thee thus@1. By the Sky and the Night star! By Al-Târek the white star! Shining clear— When darkness covers man and beast— To proclaim dawn near, And the gold sun hastening from the east, We have set a guard upon you, every one; Be ye not afraid! Of seed from loins, and milk from bosom-bone, Ye were made: We are able to remake you, when ye die, For cold death Cometh forth from Us, as warm life cometh And gift of breath. Do the darkness and the terror plot against you? We also plan; They that love you are stronger than your haters, Trust God, oh, man! @3"Ya Hâfiz!" on your doors ye grave; In your hearts, too, these Scriptures have!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEXTER GORDON: COPENHAGEN/AVERY FISHER HALL by KAREN SWENSON DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY THE CHILD ALONE: 6. BLOCK CITY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VENICE by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS AMERICA by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD |