Scattered Pearls — Page 54
53. For both are equally sweet. . With one flash of thy manifestation. Thou turnest an insignificant grain of sand. Into a resplendent sun;. Ah, how many are the handfuls. Of dust thou hast turned. Into beautiful and glorious moons!. No one lays down his life. For anyone else from sincerity. And devotion; but it is a fact. That this extremely rare commodity. Of selfless service and sacrifice. Thou hast made plentiful. And cheap in this world. . Not until I gave myself up. To a mood of love's madness;. Did I come to my proper senses :. O Thou Blessed madness,. How, in ecstasy, I long to dance. Around thee, for this priceless boon. Thou hast conferred on me,. That even the Messiah. Of whom it was said. That he resided in the heavens,. Even him thou hast raised. From this lowly earth!' (Albadr, April, 16, 1904). In another place, in one of his poems in Urdu on the. Pilgrimage of man towards Allah, he says in regard to love: "There is no short cut. Nearer than the path of Love ;. This indeed is the way. Which enables the pilgrim. To pass through thousands. Of valleys and plains infested. With dangerous thorns!. My dear friends, this alone. Is the secret of reaching Him;