Sol 5.6

  1. The tidings were confirmed to me, and coursed through my deepest secret:

    the eye of vision is the very eye of the mind's eye.

  2. Close your eyes, and you shall see;

    your mysteries will shine forth.

  3. Pass away from all created beings,

    and your own true tidings will appear to you.

  4. By polishing the mirror—

    oh, how your othernesses fall away!

  5. Mysteries shine through you, streaming from your eyes.

    Take heed when the radiant star appears in your sky:

  6. the firmament revolves within you,

    shining and gleaming;

  7. suns and full moons

    set and rise within you.

  8. So read the meaning of the lines

    all gathered within you.

  9. Leave not one line of your own unread, and know

    what the moon coursing within you means.

  10. The sea of my thought is deep;

    the fragrance of my musk fills the air.

  11. Whoever truly enters it—

    why should he fear drowning?

  12. The one who is a servant of the Real

    knows this path.

  13. That sea cannot be measured against my sea:

    the sea of my thought is pearls, and flowers bloom upon my shore.

  14. Then I awakened to the address

    and heard it from myself.

  15. My whole self vanished from my whole self,

    and I was annihilated from myself.

  16. The veil was lifted for me,

    and I witnessed that I—

  17. no trace of me remained; I vanished even from my trace.

    In the Reality I found none present but

  18. my masters. Understand

    what I intend by my words:

  19. this we do not conceal

    from anyone among our people.

  20. None understands my secret

    except one who is like me.

  21. The string of my necklace broke apart; my pearl appeared to me.

    String it together, O maidens, for I am in my intoxication.

Sol 5.6