TO GOD
Religionists do not know Thy mercy as we know it.
A stranger cannot know Thee as does a friend.
Thou saidst: ‘Sin, and I shall cast thee into Hell!’
Tell that to the person who does not know Thee!
I FLEW
I was a hawk. I flew from the secret world
Desiring to wing at once to heights.
But as I found none worthy of the Secret
I went back by the door through which I came.
CLOSED EYES
Men’s eyes are closed, like blindfold mill-oxen,
Seeking like ants under a reversed cup . . .
You have not done what your forebears did – yet you want to
be like them. Knock on the Door . . .
MIRROR
I am a mirror and, who looks in me –
Whatever good or bad he speaks, he speaks of himself.
I AM
They say that I am a wine-worshipper – I am
They say that I am an adept – I am;
Do not look so much at my exterior
For in my interior I am, I am.