{"id":41783,"date":"2025-11-14T15:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=41783"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:21:13","slug":"dialogue-of-nectar-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=41783","title":{"rendered":"Dialogue of Nectar & Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The boughs awaken, and their blossoms rise,<\/strong><\/span>
\nShedding a fragrance toward the vaulted blue;<\/strong><\/span>
\nTheir gentle breath ascends to paradise,<\/strong><\/span>
\nA whispered hymn the wandering winds pursue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And every creature, stirred by heaven\u2019s air,<\/strong><\/span>
\nFeels in its heart a tremor, soft and mild;<\/strong><\/span>
\nFor love, through petals blooming everywhere,<\/strong><\/span>
\nTurns earth to Eden, tender and beguiled.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The lover gathers flowers for his dear,<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd sets their sweetness in her waiting hands;<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhile memory, drifting on the atmosphere,<\/strong><\/span>
\nHolds love like light that over time expands.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But when farewell descends with quiet tread,<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd blossom yields to parting\u2019s solemn call,<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe branch and bud, though living once as one,<\/strong><\/span>
\nStand trembling at the shadow of the fall.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Then \u201cDeparture\u201d asks: \u201cDoes love decay afar?
\nDo roots forget the blossoms once they bore?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nBut \u201cNectar\u201d whispers: \u201cLove no severance knows\u2014
\nIts bond resounds beyond the mortal shore.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Verses of Reflection and Counsel<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

O humankind, behold the world He wrought\u2014<\/strong><\/span>
\nFor every leaf declares the Sculptor\u2019s name;<\/strong><\/span>
\nEach flower, by unseen benediction taught,<\/strong><\/span>
\nLifts silent hymns upon its fragile frame.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They soothe our wounds with perfumes soft and pure,<\/strong><\/span>
\nYet feel the sorrow of the plucking hand;<\/strong><\/span>
\nFor beauty we receive, their pains endure,<\/strong><\/span>
\nTheir quiet cries no mortal understands.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

How oft my heart is pierced when mint I take<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo grace my tea with fragrance cool and light;<\/strong><\/span>
\nI pause\u2014ashamed\u2014to see the severed stem,<\/strong><\/span>
\nA child torn gently from its mother\u2019s sight.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And whisper: \u201cLord, forgive this heedless soul
\nWhose fleeting pleasure costs a life so small;
\nIf blossoms weep, what burden must they bear
\nWhen from their tender kin they chance to fall?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

O self\u2014have mercy! Do not blindly take<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhat sighs beneath your fingers, torn apart;<\/strong><\/span>
\nFor every petal broken for your joy<\/strong><\/span>
\nLeaves sorrow folded in a mother\u2019s heart.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thus \u201cDeparture\u201d rises as a fleeting breath,<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd \u201cNectar\u201d keeps the flame of love alive;<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn every fruit a testament is kept\u2014<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe grape, the date, the pomegranate thrive.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Though bodies fade, yet spirits bloom anew,<\/strong><\/span>
\nFor every ending bears a brighter birth;<\/strong><\/span>
\nBetween this world and that beyond the dew<\/strong><\/span>
\nA pause unites the heavens with the earth.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And love remains, unshadowed by decline,<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhere souls are joined by Him who rules the day;<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe bonds we fashion here persist divine\u2014<\/strong><\/span>
\nNo dusk can steal eternal light away.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

O Lord, bestow upon our hearts a sight<\/strong><\/span>
\nThat reads Thy wisdom in created things;<\/strong><\/span>
\nTeach us to walk in gentleness and light,<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd guard the life that every green shoot brings.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We are but guests upon this wandering sphere,<\/strong><\/span>
\nNot slaves to whims that dim the inward eye;<\/strong><\/span>
\nThy mercy molds our spirits year by year,<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd lifts our hopes like incense to the sky.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Grant us the grace to tend each fragile stem<\/strong><\/span>
\nThat murmurs praise beneath the moonlit shade;<\/strong><\/span>
\nFor in its beauty lies a sign of Thee\u2014<\/strong><\/span>
\nA silent scripture by Thy finger laid.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Make us a mercy to the world we tread,<\/strong><\/span>
\nNot hearts deceived by fleeting dust or day;<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd guide the soul that faltered in its course<\/strong><\/span>
\nBack to Thy light\u2014its everlasting way.<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe     The boughs awaken, and their blossoms rise, Shedding a fragrance toward the vaulted blue; Their gentle breath ascends to paradise, A whispered hymn the wandering winds pursue. And every creature, stirred by heaven\u2019s air, Feels in its heart a tremor, soft and mild; For love, through petals blooming everywhere, Turns …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,388],"tags":[21824,22056,22288],"class_list":["post-41783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-slide","tag-departure","tag-dialogue-of","tag-nectar-and"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41788,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41783\/revisions\/41788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}