ای خاک متحرک – O Moving Form of Dust | A Song by Sonbol Taefi

This song in Persian, shared by Sonbol Taefi, is based on a passage from The Hidden Words by Baha’u’llah.

The sacred words sung in Persian are:

اي خاك متحرك ، من بتو مانوسم و تو از من مايوس . سيف عصيان شجره اميد ترا بريده و درجميع حال بتو نزديكم و تو در جميع احوال از من دور و من عزت بي زوال براي تو اختيار نمودم و تو ذلت بي‌منتهي براي خود پسنديدي . اخر تا وقت باقي مانده رجوع كن و فرصت را مگذار

An English translation of this passage is as follows:

O MOVING FORM OF DUST!
I desire communion with thee, but thou wouldst put no trust in Me. The sword of thy rebellion hath felled the tree of thy hope. At all times I am near unto thee, but thou art ever far from Me. Imperishable glory I have chosen for thee, yet boundless shame thou hast chosen for thyself. While there is yet time, return, and lose not thy chance.

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.