Pray, Sir, how can you bring yourself to dance?
See, the riches you are amassing here,
nothing of them will go with you.
Pray, Sir, how can you relish your food and drink?
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Should you, in this body, seek
Greed and illusion soon removed,A halo of glory will surroundthis very body of yours.
Though you are wise, be as a fool;
Though you can hear, be as one deaf;Patiently bear with all you meet,and politely talk to eveyone.This practice surely will lead youto the realisation of the Truth.
Countless times we come, and
In movement we should remain,Day after day and, night after night;Whence we come, thenceWe should return:Something or the other,and, something or the other,And, something or what?
At the end of a crazy-moon night
I said, “It’s me, Lalla.”The Beloved woke. We became That,and the lake is crystal-clear.
Draped in stores of knowledge,
That Lalla sang, became,Organic parts of her heart and soul;Her self-consciousness awakenedAnd removed all doubts of death.
Forgetful one, get up!
Open your wings and lift.Give like the blacksmitheven breath to the bellows.Tend the fire that changesthe shape of metal.Alchemical work begins at dawn,as you walk out to meet the Friend.[Taken from Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs]