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The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Story</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Rama</strong><br />

I tear my bosom with my nails,<br />

To open it out and drive all occupants away,<br />

To let the Beloved live alone with me<br />

—Front Persian<br />

<strong>The</strong>y bled Laila,<br />

But the blood came out<br />

<strong>Of</strong> the veins of her lover<br />

This is love, but it needs<br />

<strong>The</strong> infinite absorption into Him<br />

—Urdu<br />

If I speak of my blasphemy to the poor, divine,<br />

He would scream in joy and say: Islam is stale.<br />

—Urdu<br />

Have the transmuting eyes of the Alchemist,<br />

Making ail things of Gold<br />

—Urdu<br />

When the bird flies once<br />

Out of the net of the fowler,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n it is unafraid of aught,<br />

And they are all auspicious to him<br />

<strong>The</strong> net, the bait, the sky, and the earth,<br />

—Persian<br />

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