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The way to renounce is To conquer the earth and heaven;
The way to renounce is not To starve oneself to death. |
O cultists! I like not Your austere piety;
Your piety is penury, Suffering and grief. |
A nation that has lost Taimur’s great heritage,
Is unfit for piety, And is unfit to rule. |
If the sweet cup-bearer Listens not to me, it is good;
When I say, “no more,” That will only bring me more. |
The Sufi and his peers Are all engrossed in a glimpse;
They know not that concealment Is itself a vision. |
Bondage is freedom With favours from on high,
And when favours are withheld, Even freedom is bondage. |
The West is a treasure-house For the reason’s quest;
But for the heart it is A source of decay and death. |
Translated by: Naim Siddiqui |
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