The names of the days have celestial source,
Finding their roots in the planets, of course,
Dressed as deities so the day wears divine attire,
Named for posterity during the Holy Roman Empire,
Days named after planets in Helenistic astrology;
They in turn recalled the gods of ancient mythology.
Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn;
Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Venus, our sun moon’s lantern.
Dies Solis as the first day of the week, Holy Sunday,
Dies Lunae as second day of the week, Lunar Monday,
Dies Martis as third day of the week, war-like Tuesday,
Dies Mercuri ,fourth day of the week, poetic Wednesday,
Dies iovis as fifth day of the week, proverbial Thursday,
Dies Veneris as sixth day of the week, beloved Friday,
Dies Saturni as final day of the week, peaceful Saturday,
The seven days of the week are characterized in this way.
Saturday, the Sabbath, named the day of worship and rest;
Sunday, the first day of creation, God put Himself to the test.
In Christianity, Sunday recalls the day of Christ’s resurrection;
Mid-week recalls war-like Mars and any sense of insurrection.
In history, not all ancient cultures followed the same routine;
This only goes to prove life is not always what it may seem.
Arab culture preferred not to name the days after the gods,
Not wanting to be daily reminded of images they were at odds.
The first day of the week is called by the Arabic word Ahad,
One of the 99 Names of God to signify the number one, wahad.
Monday two, Tuesday three, Wednesday four, Thursday five,
Friday the Gathering, with Saturday to mark seven that thrive.
We have come to recognize a pattern in the procession of days,
The perennial forward movement of time to reflect God’s ways.
We witness the days but never witness the coming of the hour;
Time will slip back into the folds of eternity under God’s power.
AMEN...THE IMPORTANCE OF 'THINGS' THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO US NOW, LIKE THE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THEIR NAMES, WILL VANISH AS WE LIVE THE ETERNAL DAY, BRIGHT WITH THE LIGHT OF THE ETERNAL SON! THANK GOD THIS TIME IS SO MUCH 'CLOSER' THAN IT EVER WAS. THANKS FOR THE INFO AND THE HOPE OF THIS SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
In the Jewish faith, we also name the days according to God's creation for that day. Shabbos or Sabbath is the day of rest, the day God rested. That day I don't work or use electronics. I rest as God did on that special day.
I learned quite a bit from this learned poem. But our calendar comes from before history when people noticed that there was a yearly cycle and the sun would rise at a certain spot on the horizon twice every year in an unending pattern. When scribes begin to describe this astronomical observation and marking, they came up with a calendar. What these units of time… these days… were called, was unimportant until the great religions got a hold of them and started naming days in a week the way you have described in your poem.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
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