Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Moses on Karbala

"End of the Trail" by Frank Parrish

Pharoah
Let my people go
Let me lead them home

I will split the sea
We will wander free
Freed from desire for your throne

A throne upon which
Red blood flows quick
And the tears of mothers crying

For dear Husayns betrayed
And brave Zaynabs slayed 
And all the innocents dying

Dying for the right to hope
The right to love
The right to believe

In blessed days free from your grip
Basking in divine reprieve 

10 Muharram 1429 / 11 October 2016 / Yom Kippur 5777