by Attar
Joy! Joy! I triumph! Now no more I know Myself as simply me.
I burn with love Unto myself, and bury me in love.
The centre is within me and its wonder Lies as a circle everywhere about me.
Joy! Joy! No mortal thought can fathom me.
I am the merchant and the pearl at once.
Lo, Time and Space lie crouching at my feet.
Joy! Joy! When I would reveal in a rapture.
I plunge into myself and all things know.
Translated by Margaret Smith
From: The Persian mystics