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COLLECTIONPoetry
TITLEThis is Faith
AUTHOR 1Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum
DATE_THIS1954
ABSTRACTOne poem.
NOTES Extracted from Violette Nakhjavani's "A tribute to Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum."
TAGSAmatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Faith (general); Poetry; This is Faith (poem)
 
CONTENT
To walk where there is no path
To breathe where there is no air
To see where there is no light -
This is Faith.

To cry out in the silence,
The silence of the night,
And hearing no echo believe
And believe again and again -
This is Faith.

To hold pebbles and see jewels
To raise sticks and see forests
To smile with weeping eyes -
This is Faith.

To say: “God, I believe” when others deny,
“I hear” when there is no answer,
“I see” though naught is seen -
This is Faith.

And the fierce love in the heart,
The savage love that cries
Hidden Thou art yet there!
Veil Thy face and mute Thy tongue
Yet I see and hear Thee, Love,
Beat me down to the bare earth,
Yet I rise and love Thee, Love!
This is Faith.

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