Call Of The Marching Bell [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

SUNS
RAY

Introduction

This
short poem is an expression of frustration on the lethargy of the Muslims
Ummah and lack of desire in them to rise and regain their previous glory.
This is explicitly expressed in the last verse which is the essential message
which the Allmah wants to convey through the poem.
Translation

At
the dawn when my eye was enjoying the panorama

I saw that a ray of the sun was wandering about

I asked the ray, "O head to foot restlessness!

What kind of restlessness your impatient life has!

Are you a small little lightning, which the sky

Is nurturing to fall on the harvest of nations

Is this a flash, or your eternal nature, what is it?

Is it a dance? wandering? seeking what is it?"

"A sea of tumults is asleep in my silent life

My existence has been nurtured by the mornings breeze

My destiny keeps me constantly restless

Taste for enlightenment keeps me busy in seeking

I am not fire-brand lightning, though by nature fire I am

Message of awakening from the world-illuminating sun I am!

Becoming collyrium I shall enter the human eye

Whatever night had hidden I shall show to the eye

Among your ecstatics is there any seeker of prudence also?

Among the sleeping people is anyone with taste of awakening also?"