• CHAPTER 16: O DEAR ONE
    Mar 23 2008
    O DEAR ONE! Here, behold my land! / Sorrowless past understanding! / I cry aloud to king and beggar, / To emperor and miracle worker...
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    7 mins
  • CHAPTER 15: CLOUDS THICKEN
    Mar 23 2008
    CLOUDS THICKEN and rise in the sky! / O, listen to the deep voice cry, / The clouds roaring, Lay waste! Lay waste! / The gray rain comes in from the east; / Its monotonous hiss strikes the dust...
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    6 mins
  • CHAPTER 14: I AM NEITHER
    Mar 23 2008
    I AM NEITHER of the pious, / Nor the force of ungodliness; / I live neither by the strict laws, / Nor by the vagaries of sense...
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    7 mins
  • CHAPTER 13: OPEN YOU, EYES
    Mar 23 2008
    OPEN YOU, EYES of love, / Unbid, and see Him who pervades this world. / Consider Him as your legacy, / And know this is your own country...
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    7 mins
  • CHAPTER 12: IF GOD IS
    Mar 23 2008
    IF GOD IS in the mosque there, hid, / Then who owns this wide world, outside?
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    6 mins
  • CHAPTER 11: WHEN YOU
    Mar 23 2008
    WHEN YOU will have come there at last, / To the ocean of happiness, / Do not go back while you still thirst. / Wake, foolish man! for Death stalks you...
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    8 mins
  • CHAPTER 10: WHEN I PART
    Mar 23 2008
    WHEN I PART from my Beloved, / My heart is full of blight and dread: / I have no comfort in the day, / Nor have I sleep to comfort me. / To whom shall I my sorrow cry?
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    7 mins
  • CHAPTER 9: THE HIDDEN BANNER
    Mar 23 2008
    THE HIDDEN BANNER is planted / In the temple of the cloud; / Around is spread the blue canopy / Decked with the moon and its array...
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    7 mins