Bicentenary Poems and Prose

The Verses of God: To The Bab

The Verses of God:
To The Bab

"No doubt is there that the verses of God are verses that shine forth from this Tree, for the Eternal Essence has ever existed in His state of singleness, whereas the verses are a matter for creativity, which is the work of the Primal Will, in whom none can be seen save God alone. Although, in this day men do not look upon the verses of God, yet before long these same verses shall be recited in the most exalted manner and Bayans worth one thousand mithqals of gold shall be written; men shall pride themselves thereon and regard themselves as related to God."

The Bab1

The leaves of the sacred Tree:
verses from the Primal Will,
etched on the Bayan's pages
by His Holiness the Bab,
recited by God's lovers.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 127 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab. mHut composed of five lines of seven syllables. See http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/forums/topic/642-mgur/.

Footnotes
1  Persian Bayan II, 3