Motto: There is a mystery I know full well, Which to all, good and bad, I cannot tell; My works are dark, but I cannot unfold The secrets of the “station” where I dwell. (66)—to attain unconsciousness of self Is the sole cause I drink me drunk with wine.— (108) They preach how sweet those Houri brides will be, But I say wine is sweeter—taste and see!— (120) Ten powers, and nine spheres, eight heavens made He, And planets seven, of six sides, as we see, Five senses, and four elements, three souls, Two worlds, but only one, O man, like thee.— (124) What lord is fit to rule but “Truth?” not one. What beings disobey His rule? not one.— (131) Thy being is the being of Another, Thy passion is the passion of Another. Cover thy head, and think, and then wilt see, Thy hand is but the cover of Another.— (148) Allah hath promised wine in Paradise, Why then should wine on earth be deemed a vice?— (225) When the fair soul this mansion doth vacate, Each element assumes its principal state,— (266) They go away, and none is seen returning, To teach that other world’s recondite learning; ’Twill not be shown for dull mechanic prayers, For prayer is naught without true heartfelt yearning.— (285) Life’s fount is wine, Khizer[61] its guardian I, like Elias,[62] find it where I can; ’Tis sustenance for heart and spirit too, Allah himself calls wine “a boon to man.”— (340) Man is the whole creation’s summary, The precious apple of great wisdom’s eye; The circle of existence is a ring, Whereof the signet is humanity.— (351) The more I die to self, I live the more, The more abase myself, the higher soar; And, strange! the more I drink of Being’s wine, More sane I grow, and sober than before!— (369) This world a body is, and God its soul, And angels are its senses, who control Its limbs—the creatures, elements, and spheres; _The One_ is the sole basis of the whole.— (376) Some look for truth in creeds, and forms, and rules; Some grope for doubts or dogmas in the schools; But from behind the veil a voice proclaims, “Your road lies neither here nor there, O fools.”— (400) My body’s life and strength proceed from Thee! My soul within and spirit are of Thee! My being is of Thee, and Thou art mine, And I am Thine, since I am lost in Thee!— * * * * *