Far from the ignoble strife of Man's tavern you
The wine-cup adorning the sky's assemblage you
The jewel which should be the pearl of the morning's bride's ear you are The ornament which would be the pride of horizon's forehead you
The blot of night's ink from time's page has been removed!
The star from sky like a spurious picture has been removed!
When from the roof of the sky your beauty
Effect of sleep's wine suddenly from eyes
Perception's expanse gets filled with
Though opens only the material eye your
The spectacle which the eyes seek is
The effulgence which would open the insight is
The desires for freedom were not fulfilled in this
We remained imprisoned in chains of dependence all
The high and the low are alike for your eyeI too have longing for such a discerning
May my eye shedding tears in sympathy for others' woes be!
May my heart free from the prejudice of nation and customs be!
May my tongue be not bound with discrimination of
May mankind be my nation, the whole world my country
May secret of Nature's organization clear to my insight
May smoke of my imagination's candle rising to the sky
May search for secrets of opposites not make me restless!
May the Love-creating Beauty in everything appear to me!
If the rose petals get damaged by the
May its pain dropping from my eye as a tear
May the heart contain that little spark of Love's
The light of which may contain the secret of the
May my heart not mine but the Beloved's mirror be!
May no thought in my mind except human sympathy be!
If you cannot endure the hardships of the tumultuous worldO the Great Luminary that is not the mark of greatness!
As you are not aware of your world-decorating
You cannot be equal to a speck of dust at the Man's door!
The light of Man eager for the Spectacle ever remained And you obligated to the tomorrow's morning ever
Longing for the Light of the Truth is only in our
Abode of Lailah of desire for search is only in this
Opening of the difficult knot,
Oh what a pleasure it is!
The pleasure of universal gain in our endless effort is!
Your bosom is unacquainted with the pain of
You are not familiar with searching of the secrets of
Explanatory Note1.
Man always had the elevated status of searching for the secrets of the Existence and the Essence of God, but you have remained in need of waiting for the morning every day to be able to rise and gain eminence.
This shows the superiority of Man over the sun
