Life Returns by Dawud Wharnsby Ali

The earth is hard

Soil is cracked
Bleached and blistered
Trees bend wilt and weary
Ground gets dusty and dry

Allah hears and the rain comes
Wetting and washing the world
Flushing and flooding the clay
Spilling and splashing
Life returns

Allahu Akbar

We are the cracked earth
The thirsty dirty spirit of man
If we gasp we will be heard
Forgiveness falls like rain on our hands

Allah hears and the rain comes
Wetting and washing the world
Flushing and flooding the clay
Spilling and splashing
Life returns

Allahu Akbar