ADDRESS
TO
THE
WORLD-ILLUMINATING
SUN
O lord of the
East, O shining Sun!
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thou illuminest
the heart1 of every mote of dust.
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It is through thee
that Being has ardour and exhilaration;
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it is through thee
that every hidden thing desires to manifest itself.
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Thy golden canoe
in the silvery waters
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moves brighter
than the hand of Moses.2
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It is thy rays
which give light to the Moon,
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and provide
sustenance to the ruby within the heart of the stone.
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The inner burning
of the tulip
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and the coursing
of blood in its veins are the result of thy bounty.
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The narcissus
tears away hundreds of veils to catch a glimpse of thy ray.
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Welcome, with thee
comes the morning of our heart’s desire,
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thou hast
transformed every tree into the
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Burning Bush of
Mount Sina’i.3
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Thou art the
beginning of the morning while I am
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at the end of my
days; light a lamp in my heart;
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illumine my dark
earth from head to foot;
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cover me up in thy
illuminations
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that I may bring
the light of the day to the night of the Orient’s thought,
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brighten up the
heart of the free men of the Orient,
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give maturity to
the inexperienced through my songs,
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and give a new
turn to the events of the world.
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Thus may the
thought of the Orient free itself from the Franks
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And gain lustre
through my songs.
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Life comes not but
through dhikr (meditation);
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(true)
independence comes not but through purity of thought.
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When the thought
of a people becomes corrupt,
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then in their
hands pure silver turns into base metal.
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The pure heart
dies in their breast,
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and to their eyes
the crooked appears straight.
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From the
battlefield of life they keep themselves safely away;
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for them life
resides only in the stationary.
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Seldom do waves
arise from their ocean;
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their pearls are
as worthless as pieces of clay.
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It is therefore
necessary that their thought should
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first be purified
(of all dross);
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Reconstruction
of thought would then be easy for them,
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