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The Lost Couplets of Pir Iqbal the Impaled
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ISBN-13: 978-0692596081
ISBN-10: 0692596089
O heart! Of the endless kindness of the Friend—
hope, sever not:
When thou boastest of love, quickly and instantly
play (stake) thy head.
– Hafiz
PREFACE
To be here is to be destroyed,
To witness the death,
To see that every thought of you
Is my final breath.
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Hypocrisy is my order,
Constant sin my rule.
Lost in desire for the Friend
I will die a Fool.
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Today is intolerable
Because a habit.
Cease to repeat yourself and leap
Forth like a rabbit.
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Infinitely further am I,
Too far from the goal.
Iqbal will not make it, so have
Pity on his soul.
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