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by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904)

After Death in Arabia
 (Sung text for setting by J. Rogers)
 See original
Language: English 
He who died at Azan sends
This to comfort all his friends:

 ... 

Allah glorious! Allah good!
Now thy world is understood;
Now the long, long wonder ends;
Yet ye weep, my erring friends,
While the man whom ye call dead,
In unspoken bliss, instead,
Lives and loves you; lost, 't is true,
By such light as shines for you;
But in the light ye cannot see
Of unfulfilled felicity, --
In enlarging paradise,
Lives a life that never dies.

 ... 

Be ye certain all seems love,
Viewed from Allah's throne above;
Be ye stout of heart, and come
Bravely onward to your home!
La Allah illa Allah! yea!
Thou love divine! Thou love alway!

He that died at Azan gave
This to those who made his grave.

Composition:

    Set to music by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "After Death in Arabia", published 1919, stanzas 1,5,7-8 [ medium voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 5, New York, G. Schirmer

Text Authorship:

  • by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904), "After Death in Arabia", appears in Poems, first published 1880

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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-19
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