@3Thou mighty One! Whose mercy hath upraised Mankind to praise Thee, be Thou hereby praised!@1 Consider them that serve The false gods, how they lay in golden dishes Honey and fruits and fishes Before their idols; and the green fly comes, Shoots through the guarded gates, and hums Scorn of their offering, stealing what she will; And none of these great gods the thief can kill, So swift she is and small: And none of all Can make one little fly, for all their state; So feeble are they, and so falsely great. Ye people of the stocks and stones! herein A parable is set against your sin. But Allah high doth rule Whose hand made all things, being Powerful." @3Al-Kawî! King of power and might! Be Thy hand o'er us day and night!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON AN UNFINISHED STATUE BY MICHAEL ANGELO by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE ENEMY'S PORTRAIT by THOMAS HARDY WESSEX HEIGHTS by THOMAS HARDY MEMORY OF THE IRISH DEAD by JOHN KELLS INGRAM SENCE YOU WENT AWAY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |