Appeal for Help

I see admist the embers the glow of fire and it wants but little to burst into a blaze, And if the wise ones of the people quench it not, its fuel will be corpses and skulls. Verily fire is kindled by two sticks, and verily words are the beginning of warfare. And I cry in amazement, "Would that I knew whether the House of Omayya were awake or asleep!"