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A host of peril though you face, Yet your tongue with heart ally:
From times antique and hoar Qalandars on this mode rely. |
Men congregate in numbers large In the mart where wine is sold,
For polite and courteous seems The Head of Mart, the Magian Old. |
Though the points by Razi touched May be subtle and profound,
Yet against infirm belief No cure in them is ever found. |
The disciple blind shed copious tears, Of sinful life he felt contrite.
May God aid the shaykh as well To feel ashamed and do the right! |
Man is bound still hand and foot In chains by this talisman old,
For idols of the age of past Still men within their armpits hold. |
Enough for me that I affirm With tongue alone my faith and creed:
A thousand thanks for mullah’s claim That he with heart avows, indeed. |
As good as Muslim’s true belief, If blessed with Love, unfaith is eke:
Bereft of Love a Muslim true Is no better than Zindiq. |
Translated by: Syed Akbar Ali Shah |
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