And There Was Love

Ghazal #96 (Divan e Shams)

Be praised our love, O Lord, unfazed our love

How great our love, exquisite is dear Lord, our love

How warm our love, what heat emanates our love

Akin to the sun, mysterious, though clear our love

Praised be motions, genesis potion in celestial cup of love

Universe, ocean gloss, crafted by grace of Lord’s love

Blessed be the roar, universal soar

Blessed be the deed, childing universal galore

Spread out, spur on, the king of sentient beings, grace of God

Praised be dust, once particle raised to king, will of Lord

From heavens we fell down, so down, rise we may not

We abhor, we ignore what a roar our Lord

Without trap, without chain, soul tied up in our mind

By which design, in a scheme, trapped heart and mind

Say no more, spread the words not to unwise, wrath of Lord

Surrounded, lift and right, by reckless unwise, wrath of Lord

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