Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Rejoice Because the Bab was born

Rejoice Because the Bab was born:
To The Bab

"This is the day when [the Bab] set foot in this world and illumined it with his light. There is every reason for rejoicing ..."
Baha’u’llah,1

This is the day when heaven and earth
raised their voices in jubilation,
when the Concourse on High
expressed it exaltation.

This is the day for humanity
to rejoice,
because the Bab was born,
because the door to unity
and world peace was opened.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 184 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  quoted by Mirza Habibu’llah Afnan in The Twin Holy Days, p. 37.