The Guf
God gave man the number seven,
He showed me a place that’s far above.
High up in the seventh heaven,
a place that’s filled with constant love.
He showed me a place that’s far above;
I saw the treasury of souls.
Where unborn souls reside thereof
and wait to fill their human roles.
High up in the seventh heaven,
resides the sacred Hall of Souls.
A baby's spirit still un-leaven,
a loving place that God controls.
A place that’s filled with constant love;
so when you hear the sparrows’ song,
a descending spirit falls like a dove
and to our God, we all belong.
Author notes
Source: Wikipedia,
In Jewish mysticism , the Chamber of Guf (or Guph or even Gup) ( Hebrew for "body" or "corpse") also called the Otzar (Hebrew for "treasury") is the Hall of Souls , located in the Seventh Heaven . Every human soul is held to emanate from the Guf. The Talmud teaches that the Messiah will not come until the Guf is emptied of all its souls (Yev. 62a). The mystic significance of the Guf is that each person is important and has a unique role which only he, with his unique soul, can fulfill. Even a newborn baby brings the Messiah closer simply by being born. In keeping with other Jewish legends that envision souls as bird-like, the Guf is sometimes described as a columbarium , or birdhouse . Folklore says sparrows can see the soul's descent and this explains their joyous chirping. The peculiar idiom of describing the treasury of souls as a "body" may be connected to the mythic tradition of Adam Kadmon , the primordial man. Adam Kadmon, God's "original intention" for humanity, was a supernal being, androgynous and macro-cosmic (co-equal in size with the universe). When this Adam sinned, humanity was demoted to the flesh and blood, bifurcated and mortal creatures we are now. According to Kabbalah, every human soul is just a fragment (or fragments) cycling out of the great "world-soul" of Adam Kadmon. Hence, every human soul comes from the "guf [of Adam Kadmon]."
Retourne:
Like so many other French forms, the retourne is all about repetition. It contains four quatrains (four-line stanzas), and each line has eight syllables. The trick is that the first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first. Retournes do not have to rhyme.
form source: shadowpoetry.com
In a list
Comments
1 - 9 of 9
1 - 9 of 9
Adding your comment:
and much love~ Desire~*~
