by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904)
After Death in Arabia 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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Word count: 436