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Let the immanent soul dwell
in you
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Like light in a jewel, so that all barriers
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Are removed that separate you from God.
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You can't remain end eshed for ever
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In the world of sinuous curls !
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Emerge from this enveloping darkness
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And locate the fountain head of beauty.
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Better be a short-lived flower, radiating charm,
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Than a lasting thorn in the garden of life.
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How did the lonesome rain drop become a pearl
?
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He plunged fearlessly from the clouds
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Into the depths of the stormy sea.
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Maybe, you've mastered the mystical truth;
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But where is that bowl of your heart's blood
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That you are supposed to drink ?
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God has endowed man with two talents -
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The ability to live in a hole like a worm,
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Or soar like a winged bird.
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The world admires you now for perfect wisdom
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If you can win people's confidence,
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And pass off glass beads as pearls !
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The times have changed, for in the world
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Of ever-growing competitor,
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And science making inroads into faith,
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All religions have lost their hold.
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Remember, Mahjoor ! Now he alone
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Will acquire eminence, who dedicates his life
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To the fulfillment of his desires.