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Lost in Dream

مذ دخلت إليه لم أخرج

Since I stepped in Him, I didn't quit.
Ibn 'Arabi

Since I dipped in chasm of dream,
Mirror broke of world terrene -
Fleeting shadow, scaping sands;
Autumn leaf, so swift you fell...
The reflex on water, rounds
From the dripping tears rouse
Reveries of past... Alas...
My reflection on the glass
Of crystal night; purified
The heart a stream of tears. To the brine
It flows... Knows crane the flight upon
The eyebrows of the sun... Forelorn
The broken ruins, waystations left;
Flesh of heart - this heap of ash -
Soil for roses to grow on,
Sprouts green are seen beneath the snow,
Soft l'Autan, romance ye breathed...
I am wandering between
East and West; moon underneath
The cloud dark; nightingale in shade of shrub,
Where I sing there Spring, influx...
Praise not bird, but God Most Kind;
Nigh is midnight, prayer's time...

February 2018

Ibn 'Arabi, Book of Signs of Those of Inspiration
كتاب الإعلام بإشارات أهل الإلهام

Translation from Arabic
by Denis Bezmelnitsin