[Original Tablet published in ‘Ayyam-i-Tis'ih (The Nine
Days), pages 187-88]
-- provisional translation by Khazeh Fananapazir
O thou honoured 'Alí Akbar! [1]
This day is the day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the
Exalted One, may our heart be sacrificed for His sanctified blood.
This Day is the day in which this "Sun of Truth"
concealed itself behind the clouds of providence.
This Day is the day in which this luminous Orb did set!
This Day is the day in which that Body, pure and without
blemish or spot fell upon and rolled onto the blood soaked earth
This Day is the day in which His chest and His heart,
immaculate and pure like unto a spotless mirror, was riddled by thousands of
bullets!
This Day is the day in which that "Divine Lamp"
became severed from Its physical frame!
This Day is the day in which the cries and lamentations of
the Concourse on high are raised
This Day is the day in which the inhabitants of the Kingdom
of God weep and moan, the eyes in tears and their hearts torn!
(Source: Baha’i Library Online)
[1] Mullá
'Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmirzadí, known as Hají Akhund, one of the four Hands of
the Cause appointed by Bahá'u'lláh.