Book Of Parables - Bulbul's Song

BULBUL'S song, through night hours cold,

Rose to Allah's throne on high;

To reward her melody,
Giveth he a cage of gold.
Such a cage are limbs of men,--

Though at first she feels confin'd,

Yet when all she brings to mind,
Straight the spirit sings again.

poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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