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Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

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Yawm al-Din

World Religion
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The Day of Judgment in Islam, synonymous with Yawm al-Qiyamah, emphasizing divine reckoning and recompense.

Detailed Definition
Yawm al-Din (“Day of Religion/Reckoning”) appears in Surah Al-Fatihah, framing all worship as preparation for this moment. In poetry, it underscores accountability—every secret act exposed, every word weighed. Poets contrast worldly illusions with this stark reality, using it to call for sincerity, charity, and the cultivation of a heart that will not tremble on that Day.
Example
Example in poetry:
Islamic poetry invokes "Yawm al-Din when souls are weighed, when every hidden thing emerges"; A poet reflecting on judgment writes "prepare for Yawm al-Din, the Day of Recompense that levels all pride"; In devotional verse, "on Yawm al-Din the Book opens, recording each moment we lived"; Contemporary Muslim poetry uses "Yawm al-Din not as threat but as promise that justice will arrive"; A meditative poem explores "Yawm al-Din reminds us that this world is temporary station"; Quranic-inspired verse depicts "on Yawm al-Din the trumpet sounds, waking the dead from earthen sleep"
Additional Notes
Yawm al-Din, the "Day of Judgment" or "Day of Recompense," is a central and frequently mentioned theme in the Quran. It emphasizes the absolute justice and finality of God's judgment, where every soul will be held accountable for its beliefs and deeds, which will be weighed in a literal balance (Mizan). The outcome is eternal paradise (Jannah) or hellfire (Jahannam). For poets, this day represents the ultimate climax of human existence, a moment of absolute truth and unveiling, and a powerful motivator for ethical and spiritual conduct in the present life.
Also Known As
Day of Judgment Day of Reckoning
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