Devotional Poetry

Prayer Dance

Prayer Dance

“Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified.”

Bahá’u’lláh1

Movement echoes the intoned words,
Hands raised in praise:
There is no spot upon the Earth,
No house,
No place,
No city,
No heart,
No mountain,
No refuge,
No cave,
No valley,
No land,
No sea,
No island,
No meadow,
That has not been blessed;
That has not heard one of the names of God,
Proclaimed in its native tongue.

Movement echoes the words intoned,
Hands raised in praise
To encompass all of existence.

Bodies sway to the music
As the faithful express their adoration
In the art of dance.

Poet's Note: ▼

I wrote this in 151 B.E. It was inspired by a dance interpretation of a prayer revealed by Baha'u'llah.

Footnotes
1  http://www.bahaiprayers.org/