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Ships Play with Their "Noah's Lament" So It Is Not Seen

December 19, 2025 okaz.com.sa
Ships Play with Their "Noah's Lament" So It Is Not Seen

A poem expressing the prophecy of Noah and its symbols in the modern era.

SUMMARY

The poem addresses the symbolism of Noah's ships and prophecy in the modern era, with a deep poetic portrayal of the spiritual and existential meanings associated with them.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The poem expresses the prophecy of Noah and its symbols in the modern era.
  • It uses rich poetic language full of spiritual and existential imagery and metaphors.
  • It calls for invoking the spiritual and sacred values associated with prophecy.

CORE SUBJECT

Symbolism of Noah's prophecy in the modern era

Ships play with their "Noah's lament" so it is not seen

Does this prophecy retreat backwards?

Will the flood realize the night of its destiny

Or is something destined for mankind?

Clouds of my existence on its ridges

The wind blows fiercely, angels and the night journey

I carried it and the pairs two by two, whenever

Its sides weakened, it turned away and grew larger

O Noah of this era, a "biting" that has ended

And ornaments that did not spread among the people

You were entrusted with the burdens of the arts as a deposit

From your highest ancestor, so rise rejoicing

The language of hymns you mastered

You poured with your elegant hands like a bond

It carved two inscriptions in my heart and in my blood

Return the hands of my journey back

The color in your ancient blood is a story

That never ends, and the letter in it is like moons

Greening in your eyes is the "thorn" of our time

And the thorns become green on your path

Take your sacred provisions, my seasonal companion

Strike with your tender feather the tablet

The bucket of "Bab al-Ri'" dripped its water

For passersby, and its heart is broken

Open for us a path through which we pass

And pour your veins in our love as amber

Say every letter you are preoccupied with

Say and seek refuge until the fatigue overcomes you

Say any letter so I may encircle my thought

About me, so I may live, so I may take root

The seasons' scents intoxicated you "a breath"

Its cluster from your fingers "blows"

O hidden one, your secret told me

In two brushes that followed each other and then inked

A heart flavored with perfume drowns our life

And the universe from its two bottles is perfumed

The distance ran before your foot as

Tears ran on your book like rivers

Do not burn the great wood because it is

A body baptized with soil, so express it

Rather, burn the great wood because

In your palms it becomes a good creation..

KEYWORDS

Noah prophecy ships poetry symbolism