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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INTRODUCTION, by AL-DHAHABI
First Line: Most noble excellence / whose earnest eulogy
Last Line: To where the flowers shone.
First Line: Most noble excellence / whose earnest eulogy
Last Line: To where the flowers shone.
Most noble Excellence,
Whose earnest eulogy
Based on experience
Good guidance proved to me:
God's recompense be thine
For that thou didst confer,
And may thy star still shine
To guide the wayfarer.
What shaft of lightning glowed
What raincloud to display!
What dawning marked the road
To what refulgent day!
The breeze sweet fragrance shed
To draw my footsteps on:
Unerringly it led
To where the flowers shone.
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