Song on the End of the World

from Rub​á​iy​á​t of Omar Khayy​á​m by Stuart Wicke

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PART I:

Now what have you done, son of Albion?
Wrought since first begun, still hard-fought or -won.

Bathed in Precious Blood, now call forth the flood.
Ripened and fecund, born yet still undone.
And every sin in tow, with justice yet to sow.
I will not let you go.

Spring forth from the darkness,
Rise with the morning,
Your bonds are loose, your soul is chained no more.

Thus, the angel wept while his trumpet swept
'Cross the ocean's depth, and his silence kept.
And every sin in tow, with justice yet to sow.
I will not let you go.

Spring forth from the darkness,
Rise with the morning,
Your bonds are loose, your soul is chained no more.

PART II:

And somewhere else the bees fly lazy 'round the clover.
And voices swell of children 'til the summer's over.
And no one noticed the fire that swirled,
And no one noticed the gyre that whirled,
And no one noticed the sky that unfurled,
And no one would say it's the end of the world.

And even still the fishermen cast their nets into the sea,
And cheery trills of thrushes' songs sweetly tumble from the trees,
And those who believed in thundering storms,
And those who believed in trumpets and horns,
And those who believed in Almighty scorn would never believe
It's the end of the world.

And there will be no other end.
Does the curse abate only just too late?
Laid in mean estate: barren and ornate.

And no one noticed the fire that swirled,
And no one noticed the gyre that whirled,
And no one noticed the sky that unfurled,
And no one would say it's the end of the world.

PART III:

Now the heavens melt—every idol built
Without guile or guilt, fiends of hell exult!

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from Rub​á​iy​á​t of Omar Khayy​á​m, released March 11, 2024

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