Wednesday, July 18, 2012

welcome ramadhan 1433 / 2012

ramadhan is coming again, the time that is blessed... and make this ramadhan our best ramadhan ever, insyaAllah...







IN RAMADAN


by George Cookson
(British army officer stationed in Egypt at the end of the 19th century)
published 1904


Upon the parapet of the citadel
I gazed across the vast town at my feet;
'Twas nigh to sunset, and the heavy heat
Enshrouded all, naught could I clearly tell,

Saving the minarets innumerable,
That rose above the amber mist; each street
Was hid from view, only the traffic's beat
Mixed with faint voices on my hearing fell.

At last the gold disc of the molten sun
Plunged down the desert hills, whereat I heard
The sudden thunder of the signal gun

Leap out, and lo, at that tremendous word
The great heart of the faithful city stirred,
And rose in a wild cry—the fast was done...



No comments:

Post a Comment