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...

CHAPTER 14: I AM NEITHER

Mar 23rd, 2008 7m 25s

I AM NEITHER of the pious, / Nor the force of ungodliness; / I live neither by the strict laws, / Nor by the vagaries of sense...

CHAPTER 13: OPEN YOU, EYES

Mar 23rd, 2008 7m 4s

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...

CHAPTER 12: IF GOD IS

Mar 23rd, 2008 5m 49s

IF GOD IS in the mosque there, hid, / Then who owns this wide world, outside?

CHAPTER 11: WHEN YOU

Mar 23rd, 2008 7m 53s

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...

CHAPTER 10: WHEN I PART

Mar 23rd, 2008 6m 45s

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?

CHAPTER 9: THE HIDDEN BANNER

Mar 23rd, 2008 7m 28s

THE HIDDEN BANNER is planted / In the temple of the cloud; / Around is spread the blue canopy / Decked with the moon and its array...

CHAPTER 8: THE LOCK

Mar 23rd, 2008 5m 50s

THE LOCK of error shuts the gate, / Hurry! Before it is too late, / Open it with the key of love: / You know the key I’m speaking of...

CHAPTER 7: A SORE PAIN

Mar 23rd, 2008 8m 8s

A SORE PAIN troubles my daylight, / And I cannot sleep in the night; / I long to meet with my Beloved, / And my father's house is decayed, / The place I felt so safe and sure, / Gives me no pleasure any more...

CHAPTER 6: MORE THAN ALL

Mar 23rd, 2008 8m 13s

MORE THAN ALL else do I cherish / That love, in my own heart’s dear wish, / Which makes me live without limit / In this bright world we all inhabit...

CHAPTER 5: THE MIDDLE REGION

Mar 23rd, 2008 6m 22s

THE MIDDLE REGION of the sky, / Wherein the spirit speaks to me, / Shines with a soft music of light; / The music blossoms, pure and white, / And my Lord finds there His delight...

CHAPTER 4: BETWEEN

Mar 23rd, 2008 11m 22s

BETWEEN the universal poles / Of conscious and unconscious wills, / There has the mind made a great swing: / Thereon hangs every world and being...

CHAPTER 3: TELL ME, O SWAN

Mar 23rd, 2008 4m 34s

TELL ME, O SWAN, your ancient tale. / From what land have you come to call? / To what shore will you fly anon? / Where would you take your rest, O Swan?

CHAPTER 2: WHEN HE HIMSELF

Mar 23rd, 2008 5m 43s

WHEN HE HIMSELF reveals Himself, / Then God Himself makes visible / That which at once cannot be seen. / As the seed is hid in the plant, / As the shade is still in the tree, / As the void is behind the sky, / As infinite forms possess the void

CHAPTER 1: O SERVANT

Mar 23rd, 2008 6m 47s

O SERVANT, where do you seek Me? / Look! I am waiting, beside you. / I am not in temple, nor mosque: / Not in Ka'aba nor in Kailash: / Neither am I in rites and feasts, / Nor in Yoga, nor trials and fasts...

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