Poem

Pioneer of the Free

O pioneer of free men, rejoice in hope,The Lord of heaven decreed that He would cope;
These feelings of our hearts are turned to thee,Would I had given my life as tribute free;
Thy spirit's radiance is a beacon bright,Restored the conscience that knew not thy light;
Thy cry alarmed the hearts and wakened all,Dead feeling answered thy far echo's call;
O pioneer of free men, O symbol of sacrifice,In firm resolve and faith — rejoice, be wise;
Thy mother bore thee for the peoples' trust,Rejecting humiliation, crushing lust;
O tree of the oppressed, thy shade is castOn refugees who sing thy shelter vast;
We'll stay around thee while we live, hearts true,And fragrance of thy sweetness fills the blue.
Poetry

Poetic Heartbeats

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Publication date 1981

Poems of the Book

A full list of all the poems from this book
My Mother O My Mother Greetings, O My Mother Her Birthday My Mother, Arise Breath Returned Echo of Her Anguish Mothers Day Remembrance To My Mothers Soul When the Crescent Rose The Infant When He Spoke Carefree Childhood I Fear for You A Mothers Counsel A Mothers Forbearance After His Return Do You Hear Me, My Son? If Only You Knew Our Birthday Words of Reproach Between Doubt and Certainty The Captivating Prose Poem My Absent Brother Reproach to the Absent World of Delusions Who Am I? Between Despair and Hope A Colloquy From Beyond the Phantoms Adam Love A Nights Dream O Seller of Patience Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi A Poetic Crime From Beyond the Telephone The Captive Maiden Whispers of the Soul Believe Me A Hearts Groan Companion of Youth After Youth O My Heart My Physician Private Supplication Sorrow The Cup Divination An Artists Wish To the Maiden Virgin My Solitude Breaths of Solitude The Convalescent Echo of Solitude My Testament With the Dawn O Night The Moon Springtide Inspiration of the Sea Circumambulation Reflection of a Phantom The Countryside Aswan, Bride of Upper Egypt The Parched Soul The Free Bird Purest Love The Canary Bird The Divorcee Birds of Autumn The Canary The Singer I and the Sea The Most Loyal of the Loyal From Mansoura, Bride of the Nile, to the Dam To Where? Confession The Shepherdess Salute to the Peace Conference To President Sadat Inspired by Unity To the Fighter The Martyr Inspired by the Battle To King Faisal To Jaafar Nimeiri Echo of the Foreign Tour Echo of the Tripartite Aggression O Cupbearer of the Soul Voice of Egypt Egypt

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