Several times I have filled my heart with the beauty of two worlds, 

But my heart’s desolation does not disappear.

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Several times, for my eye’s sake, I sliced the heart of every atom;

But this is a wonderstruck eye whose amazement never ends.

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The precious value of the wealth of ruby and pearl do not end;

The cheapness of the goods of honour and faith do not end.

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Since my lazy eyes have gotten sight,

Very well-known faces have not even been recognised.

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The cap of arrogance is robbed from the king’s head;

But the smell of sovereignty does not fade from the cap of kingship.

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Except for madness, tell me what other excuse is there here

Where not even an iota of rational thought is accepted.

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From: Naqsh-i faryādī (Image of the Supplicant). Dihlī: Urdū Ghar, 1941. pp. 89 – 90