Bicentenary Poems and Prose

The First and the Second Night: To The Bab

The First and the Second Night:
To The Bab

"O concourse of earth and heaven!
This is that first night, which God hath made to be
a sign of that second night, whereon was born
He Wom no praise can befittingly extol and
no attribute describe. Well is it with him
who reflecteth upon them both."
Baha'u'llah

On the first night1,
Siyyid Ali Muhammad,
the Bab,
was born.

On the second night2
Mirza Husayn Ali.
Baha'u'llah,
was born.

Twin Holy Days,
we observe the birthdays
on the first and second day
after the eighth new moon following Naw-Ruz3.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 124 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  1 Muharram 1235 AH - 20 October 1819
2  Muharram 1233 AH - 12 November 1817
3  The date of Naw-Ruz is when the vernal equinox occurs in Tehran, the birth place of Baha'u'llah.