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53. |
Arise! The bugle calls! It is time to leave!
Woe be to the traveller who still awaits! |
The confines of a monastery suit thee not—
The times have changed, thou seest, and so hast thou. |
Thorny is the path, O seeker of salvation!
Whether thy heart is the slave or the master of reason. |
The selfhood of one who bemoans all change,
Is yet a prisoner of time, shackled by days and nights. |
O songbird! Thy song is well rewarded when
It infuses fire into the rose’s bloom. |
Translated by: Naim Siddiqui |
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