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6
615-624

  • O Thou who by Thy magic hast spell-bound the spirit's sleep, O hardhearted Beloved that Thou art in the world, 615
  • Hark, grip the throat of self-restraint and strangle it, in order that Love's heart may be made happy, O Cavalier!
  • How should His heart be made happy till I burn? Oh, my heart is His home and dwelling-place.
  • (If) Thou wilt burn Thy house, burn it! Who is he that will say, “’Tis not allowed”?
  • Burn this house well (and thoroughly), O furious Lion! The lover's house is better so.
  • Henceforth I will make this burning my qibla (aim), for I am (like) the candle: I am (made) bright by burning. 620
  • Abandon sleep to-night, O father: for one night traverse the district of the sleepless.
  • Look on these (lovers) who have become frenzied and been killed, like moths, by (their) union (with the Beloved).
  • Look on this ship of (God's) creatures (and see how it is) sunk in Love: you would say that Love's throat has become a dragon (to swallow it)—
  • An invisible heart-ravishing dragon: it is a magnet to draw (towards itself) the reason that is (firm) like a mountain.