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From the heavens comes an answer to our long cries at last:
The heavens break their silence, the curtains rise at last! |
Little of change love’s fortunes inherit: born in anguish
And fire, in fire and anguish its end it buys at last. |
The destiny of nations I chart for you: at first
The sword and spear; the zither’s, the lute’s soft sighs at last. |
Outlandish are the customs that Europe’s tavern knows!
It steeps men first in pleasure, the wine supplies at last. |
Be it the awe of Nadir, be it the glory of a Tamerlane:
At last all exploits are drowned in a barrel of wine. |
The cloistered hour is over, the arena’s hour begins;
The lightning comes to asunder those cloudy skies at last! |
It was too hard to withhold the flood of these truths,
At last the Qalandar revealed the secrets of the Book |
Translated by: Muhammad Din Taser |
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