POETRY: Forbidden Tree
Khaled Nusseibeh
Posted Apr 18, 2007 •Permalink • Printer-Friendly VersionForbidden Tree
Oh! at times the heart truly wonders
If only the impediment was tougher
And gratefulness flows from the self
To those that alerted to the forbidden tree
By God I am a believer in human freedom
Of thought, in politics, in economics, in worship
The sages warned of the false gods
Leading people terribly astray
And enjoined righteous conduct
And love, justice and compassion
None can ever banish the forbidden tree
From the saga of the human venture
Those that eat from it are of two kinds
Those that awaken to truth and repent
And those that hear the call
Heedless- from a long distance away
We are to inexorably remember
That we are descendants of the Adam and Eve family tree
Common ancestors for all of humanity
A man and woman who transgressed
Only to piously return to their Lord
And chart for all the course of redemption, of salvation
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