Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Day of Beauty

Day of Beauty:
To the Blessed Beauty

The Tongue of My power hath, from the heaven of My omnipotent glory, addressed to My creation these words: “Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty.” Happy is the lover that hath inhaled the divine fragrance of his Best-Beloved from these words, laden with the perfume of a grace which no tongue can describe. Think not that We have revealed unto you a mere code of laws. Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power. To this beareth witness that which the Pen of Revelation hath revealed. Meditate upon this, O men of insight!

Bahá’u’lláh from The Kitab-i-Aqdas1

It is the love of God's Beauty,
His Holy Manifestation in every age,
that transforms
a non-believer into a believer.

In this day,
the Day of Beauty,
Baha'u'llah
is the mirror of Divine Beauty
reflecting the attributes of God
to humanity.

Baha'u'llah,
the Pen of Revelation,
is the Blessed Beauty
to who I have dedicated
this series
of 200 poems.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is Poem 50 of 200 Dedicated to The Blessed Beauty.

Footnotes
1  Bahái Words for July 6, 2017