The light is in mine eyes
The light is in mine eyes, Within my heart I feel Thy joy arise, From gate to inmost shrine This palace of my soul is utterly Thine. O longing seeking eyes, He comes to you in many a varied guise, If Him you cannot find The shame be yours, O eyes that are so blind. I as His mirror glow Bearing His image in my heart, and know That glowing clear in His The image of my heart reflected is. O drink the Wine of Love, And in the Assembly of Enlightened move, Let not the darkness dim Fall like a curtain 'twixt thy soul and Him. Who gives away his soul Forgets his petty self and wins the whole, Losing himself outright He finds himself in the Eternal Light. Crazy art thou, Amir, To wait before His gate in hope and fear; For never in thy pain Shall He yield up thy ravished heart again. Amir Minai (1828-1900)