A Star Of Andalusia Poem by Mohammad Muzzammil

In the land of Andalusia, long ago,
A man with a curious mind did glow.
'Abbās Ibn Firnās was his name,
His inventions and knowledge, a lasting fame.

A polymath, in every sense,
An inventor with no pretense.
He observed the birds in the sky,
And built a hang-glider, with feathers that could fly.

He flew from the palace roof,
For minutes, gliding like a raptor, so aloof.
The first man to ever fly,
His spirit soared, in the endless sky.

But that was not all he did,
His curiosity, never forbid.
A water clock he did design,
And glass manufacturing, he refined.

A chain of rings, to show the stars,
A rock crystal cutter, that could leave no scars.
In Andalusia, he did it all,
His inventions, a lasting call.

So let us remember, this Muslim man,
Whose legacy, still we can.
For centuries before the Wright brothers,
He flew with the birds, like no others.