شعر عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه تهران به مناسبت عید سعید مبعث

THE COMPLETE BEING’

There came a time not so long ago

When people became so ignorant to show

Scenes so cruel, so painful, so sinful

That Allah (swt) no longer could bear the cries of mourning mothers

Who when gave birth to a baby girl in their shelters

Their husbands looked at them as if they committed a crime

Taking their babies out of their arms

And digging a hole in the ground so dark

To bury the babies alive

While seeing the baby fighting to survive

Choking and crying out tears made of blood

For her destiny was painted red with mud.

And yet at a distant not so far away

A mother sitting by her baby’s wooden cradle

Singing songs of lullaby to an empty cot

Complaining to God of the miseries of the time.

Ignorance of people did not terminate there

They would do anything not to care

About any rights, feelings or justice to mankind

Behaving as though no longer a human kind

Causing grief, sadness and disruption

Destroying peoples’ lives and causing corruption

Killing, stealing, murdering and yet dwelling in the land

Making people cry out so loud

Desperate for a saviour to come and lend them a helping hand.

Allah (swt), as promised to the others in the past

Brought to life the one who was the reason for creation

Giving glad tidings to the world

Bringing warmth to the planet so cold.

The Heavens and the Earth prepared for his arrival

The angles decorated the Universe green

Closing the gates to any other being

And holding a party exclusively for the arrival of the one

As the oceans boiled water so clean

The fields scented purely with jasmine.

The Earth was ready to welcome the King

As though a Queen ready to sing

The song of victory to the nation suffering so much grief

To celebrate the event so great and unique

The arrival of the complete being.

So where should I begin?

How should I relate to you Oh great being?

Should I begin with your precious names?

Or should I refer to your characters so full of fame?

Have I been able to introduce you with my few words?

That you are Ahmad, Mahmood, Abol Qasem, Mohammad?

The praiser of the Almighty Lord

The complete version of human kind

A human so pure, so perfect and a source of light

In the darkness of this world’s life.

The last messenger of Allah (swt)

Whose arrival was a call

For people whose ignorance had made them fall

Resembling houses with no walls.

You showed people the way

You gave them the right to say

To stand up for the truth

To be doers of the good

Even if their lives were at stake

Since it was in Allah’s way.

So glad tidings to you Oh people

For the prophet’s birth anniversary has come

To knock on your doors and say

That as Muslims we must be the same

And follow our Master night and day.

And alas, for once again, time has brought with it

The people of the same kind again

Causing corruption and destruction.

But Allah (swt), is so beneficent 

That He does not forget our pain

He has promised the promised one

The grandson of Mohammad (sa), the guider of our time again.

He has promised the arrival of our saviour Mahdi

Who will come to save us for good

And set this world free of its evil mood

So let us end by a salawat for Ahmado Ale Mahmood

 

From Dr Arefeh Seyed Arabi.