PRIDE

Boast not of having no pride, because it is more invisible

Than the mark of an ant's foot on a black rock in a dark night;

Think it not easy to extirpate it from thy heart,

For it is more easy to root up a mountain from the earth with a needle.

"I CANNOT BE FAR FROM THY DOOR"

Beloved! I cannot be far from Thy door,

Cannot be satisfied with Paradise and with houris.

My head is on Thy threshold by Love's command, not for wages.

Whatever I may do, I cannot bear to be away from this door.

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