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The Dawn-Song Of His Mouth (from Stay With God)

Francis Brabazon, Francis Brabazon poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Secular or Eclectic poetry by Francis Brabazon
(1907 - 1984) Timeline

Original Language
English

Muslim / Sufi
Secular or Eclectic
20th Century

But it is no good talking to you, Baba -- you are just too-much love.
Whatever we say, you just smile with your smile of divine kindness
as much as to say, "Ho, these children of mine, Myself, --
why did I ever wake up and start singing?" This singing of your smile
stretching out and supporting the nothingness of us-of-the-Nothing.
Oh, and the Dawn-song of His mouth. -- I only hope I am still around then.

It's no good talking to One who is the SAYING of the say which one says,
because he doesn't listen because he knows exactly what he is going to say. --
Tired and tired am I of myself. For the wide expanse of the sky
of your bosom I cry. Awake in my heart that I may love you with service --
or else be dust before your feet: anything but this not-even-nothing,
nor a place in your Everything; something, O my Child and my Father.

 

 

-- from Stay with God: A Statement in Illusion on Reality, by Francis Brabazon

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Themes

  Awakening
  Dawn
  Heart
  Lover and Beloved
  Sky


Recommended Books


Francis Brabazon: Poet of the Silent World - A Modern Hafiz, by Ross Keeting
In Dust I Sing, by Francis Brabazon
Stay with God: A Statement in Illusion on Reality, by Francis Brabazon
The Water Carrier: A Mosaic of the Poet, Brabazon, by Robert Rouse

 

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