Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Happy Ridvan

Happy Ridvan1

Sunset on March 20 to sunset on May 2, 2022

Hallelujah! For the Divine Springtime
And the Most Great Festival of Paradise2.
Proclaim the joyous news to all the world
Publicize the Twelve Days of Ridvan, and
Yield praise unto the All Glorious Lord.

Resplendent echoes from 1863,
Invites the whole world to celebrate, the
Days when Baha'u'llah declared His mission.
Voices raise extolling the Glory of God3,
And describing the splendid beauty of
Najibiyyih Garden that became known as the Garden of Ridvan.4

Footnotes
1  Pronounced rez-vahn.
2  Paradise is the meaning of Ridvan.
3  This is the meaning of Baha'u'llah.
4  https://www.bahaicenterwashtenawcounty.org/blog/12-things-about-ridvan/