Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Make it happen, please - ghazal


Jesus is talking to his disciples about how to pray and he says:
“When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long. Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray" (Good News Bible, Matthew 6:7–9):
Old man in heaven to us below, make it happen, please
Your name be made to blaze and glow, make it happen, please
Bring on those crownlands, help us do the things you want us to
On land, in air, in rain or snow: make it happen, please
Please give us what we need to eat, forgive us when we stray,
While we excuse our own poor foe: make it happen, please
Don't take us where we might be drawn to risk a little badness
And please make you-know-who let go: make it happen, please
This land is yours, the clout is yours, the brilliance and the force
Please make it so, dear Daddy-o: make it happen, please

Today's Napowrimo prompt was to translate a poem from a language you don't know. I cheated and did it differently a little.

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