@3Alai kul shay Wakîl! Guardian of all! By this name trustfully on Thee we call@1. Verily God is guard! What other hath created you, and made Men gone before, and earth's foundations laid So broad and hard. To be your dwelling-place; And Heaven's star-jeweled face Arched for your roof-top; and the tender rain Sent down at the due season, whereby grain Groweth, and clustered gold Of dates, and grapes that hold The purple and the amber honey-juice? These for your use Your Lord and "Agent" gave. Make Him no peers, nor other guardian have. @3Allah-al-Wakîl! Thy wards are we; Have us in Thy fidelity@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A CHILD DURING SICKNESS by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE LOW-DOWN WHITE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH OF THE REED THAT THE JEWS SET IN OUR SAVIOUR'S HAND by WILLIAM ALABASTER AFTER THE SOIREE by F. R. D. B. THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE; A LEGEND OF FRANCE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |