Bicentenary Poems and Prose

The Twin Holy Days: Holy Night and Sunrise

The Twin Holy Days:
Holy Night and Sunrise
To The Bab and Baha'u'llah

Holy Night:
To The Bab

Raise your voices in exaltation,
for on this wondrous night
hope gave birth to salvation,
when the herald of the day of resurrection
was born.

He is the Gate of God,
the morning star announcing a new day,
and the forerunner of Baha'u'llah,
the Glory of God.

Sunrise:
To Baha'u'llah

Dawn breaks above the mountains of separation,
melting the snows of dogma and superstition,
and dispersing the clouds of hatred and isolation,
when the Glory of God was born.

Baha'u'llah is the mirror of the attributes of divinity,
the Manifestation of the Almighty,
the Pen of Glory,
the Lord of Host,
the Nightingale of paradise,
the promised one of all religions,
the Lord of the Age,
the Tree of Life,
and Christ Returned in the Father's Glory.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

This is not part of the 200 poems I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of The Bab. This is a poem I started several years ago, and never finished.