When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.

When power narrows the areas of man concerned, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity

of his existence.

When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

This is how follow poet, the new album by the composer Muhammad Ferruz begins.

He's been called a post-millennial shubart.

He's composed four symphonies and an opera while still in his 20s.

And he's as passionate about statecraft as about art.

So he invokes John F. Kennedy and Anwar Sedat, Shemus Hini and Yahuda Amichai in his compositions.

He weaves poetry even during political speech, into his music as a form of music too,

in a way just maybe to shift the world on its axis.

I think that music and poetry, the art, do something that is very, very special, and that

they allow us access to a verified space, a sacred space, almost.

They take us beyond the 9-11s, beyond the Tahrir squares, beyond Facebook and Twitter and

all of this stuff.

They allow us to reach beyond the day to day.

They allow us to reach beyond the muddle present and in a way to touch something that is timeless

and eternal.

The squares of his mind are empty.

I'm Christa Tippet and this is on being.

With follow poet, Muhammad Farouz is the youngest composer to record a full album for the

Auguste Centrialed Deutsche Gramophone label.

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