@3Allah-al-Karîm! Bountiful Lord! we bless By this good name Thy loving kindnesses@1. Oh, man! what hath beguiled, That thou shouldst stray From the plain easy way Of Allah's service, being Allah's child? When thou wert not, And when thou wast a clot, He did foresee thee, and did fashion thee From heel to nape, Giving thee this fair shape, Composing thee in wondrous symmetry— More than thy mother—in the form thou wearest; Nearer to thee than what on earth is nearest. Kinder than kin is He— Wilt thou forgetful be? @3Ya Karîm! since Thou lovest thus, Quicken, ah, quicken love in us@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER, ON 'THE HIGHER CRITICISM' by THOMAS HARDY TO MY NINETH DECADE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE ANGEL'S WHISPER by SAMUEL LOVER RELEASE by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD LILIES: 24 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) A GARDEN SPOT by PRINGLE BARRET TO ONE WITH A SPRING NOSEGAY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |