How Sweet is the Song

This was inspired in part by a lecture on Maryam, one from the Women in the Quran lecture series, available here for purchase. I recommend it strongly to anyone interested in a fresh perspective on the life of Maryam, her mother and her son (peace be upon them all). 

How sweet is the song
Of a stream in the wild
That softens its rush
At the coo of a child;

How sweet is the song
Of the leaves in the breeze
That rustle and fall
On the weary knees

And hands of a maiden
So pure as the dawn
Caressing the face
Of the baby that shone,

How sweet is the song
Of the grass that is green,
Where showers of dates
Meet the water serene,

How sweet is the song
Of the angels that span
The space and the time
Which with Adam began.

This Word from the Lord
So conceived in the morn:
How blest is the child
In a day that is born.