Wherever I traveled. You were manifested;
Wherever I looked. You were revealed.

In ka'ba, idol-temple, synagogue, and church, I saw
All were searching for You, and to all You were a Friend.

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For one who sees truly,
love's pain is itself the remedy:
But this mystery is revealed
only to those who are afflicted.
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An entire lifetime we have remained captives in our own cage.
This much is clear: we cannot become settled in this trap.
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Who am I to express my being before You,
To talk about my claiming to love You?
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I have collapsed at the start of your lane - come!
I've lost the valley of 'i and You' - come!
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In every place of passing, the trace of Your step is manifest,
And in desiring You, glances are cast in all directions.
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When I sought to abandon my soul for the sake of Him,
He said, "That's up to Me; I'll let you, if I want to."
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Come, so we can wash away the image of existence
      and no longer speak of 'I' and 'we'.
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Tonight, in love, we're going to the door of the Friend;
In madness, we're setting out in search of the Beloved.
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For a lifetime, the intellect toyed with me on the Friend's path,
Trying to convince me with its lies that I was in love with Your face.
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I'm all in a frenzy again
– that way, I swear by You.
I tear off the bonds You bind
me with, I swear by You.
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"You haven't lost yourself completely yet."
I collapsed and died before his life-giving face.
"You're just a clever little man drunk on fancies and doubts."
I became an idiot, completely witless and out of touch with everyone.
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Whenever I speak Your Name with my tongue
I travel a hundred miles in one moment.
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There are five hundred steps and five more
that lead to the dark little cell
which houses the trace of the saint.
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The Devil comes to those who grieve:
Once at the moment of first loss,
Again when yearning hearts seek God.
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Whoever cries
To God over
And over
Hears and is heard.
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Alone, I wept, that all the prophets spoke
in distant times and lands.

Alone, I wept, that I might never hear
myself the holy word of God.
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When we meet, I
will be drowning
beneath the diversionary desires
of all my most oblivious years...
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The magnet of oneness
attracted a heart of living steel
into the station of nearness.
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