Bicentenary Poems and Prose

For God: To The Bab

For God:
To The Bab

"Verily, I do this for God, the Lord of the heavens and earth, the Lord of all that is seen and unseen, the Lord of Creation."

The Bab1

It is for God
that I write,
composing odes
day and night
for the Remembrance of God2.

It is for God
that I proclaim
this glorious new day,
that is both the Day of Revelation
and the Day of Resurrection,
as well as
the day of humanity's salvation.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 123 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  The Bayan, in Nader Saiedi, Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab, p. 312.
2  Reference to the Bab, who is one of the Manifestations of God.