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If the stars have strayed—To whom do the heavens belong, You or Me?
Why must I worry about the world—To whom does this world belong, You or Me? |
If the Placeless Realm offers no lively scenes of passion and longing,
Whose fault is that, my Lord?—Does that realm belong to You or to me? |
On the morning of eternity he dared to say 'No',
But how would I know why—Is he Your confidant, or is he mine? |
Muhammad is Yours, Gabriel is Yours, the Qur'an is Yours—
But this discourse, this exposition in melodious tunes, is it Yours or is it mine? |
Your world is illuminated by the radiance of the same star
Whose loss was the fall of Adam, that creature of earth, was it Yours or mine? |
Translated by: Mustansir Mir |
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