FESTIVAL OF THE MONTH "NAWROZ"

( Originally meaning "new light" [roz being cognate with Latin lux],
later coming to mean "new day"). It is the name of the festival of new
 year, according to the Persian solar calender, after the spring equinox
on 21 March. It is a holiday celebrated in Iran as are so many Islamic
holidays, by family visiting.

REF:THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ISLAM

WHAT WAS SAID TO THE ROSE

What was said to the rose that made it open
 was said to me in my chest.

 What was told the cypress that made it strong
 and straight, what was whispered the jasmine

 so it is what it is, whatever made sugarcane
 sweet; whatever was said to the inhabitants

 of the town of Chigil in Turkestan that makes
them so handsome, whatever lets the pomegranate

 flower blush like a human face, that is being
 said to me now. I blush. Whatever put eloquence

 in language, that's happening here. The great
warehouse doors open; I fill with gratitude,

 chewing a piece of sugarcane, in love wiyh
 the one to whom every that belongs!

THE FELICITY OF GRACE

O my Mawla, you know that
in this contemptible world,
life elapses in negligence as
the months and years pass away.

O my Mawla, we have not sown
a single grain in this world
for the sake of the next world,
even as time keep slipping by.

Then an oracle invisible said
to the ear of my soul:
"Do not fear, for you have
received an unexpected felicity."

Even though I am devoid
of obedience, I am happy that
whoever becomes a darwish of your
court becomes a man exalted.

O my Mawla, even if I am
guilty of gross audacity,
I will not worry because your
grace accompanies me always.

ABD ALLAH ANSARI