O THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER REALITY! SOME TIME  APPEAR IN MATERIAL FORM

Introduction
Though this ghazal is very popular it is full of mysticism. Each verse  has a different theme. The ghazal as a whole defines the relationship between God and Man.

Translation
O the much sought after Reality! Some time  appear in material form
As innumerable prostrations restless in my humble forehead are

Join the assembly�s celebrations, You are a song, be heard
What good are melodies which veiled in guitar�s frets are

Do not jealously protect them , your mirrors are the mirrors
Which  would be dearer in the Maker�s eye if they broken are

During circumambulation the moth exclaimed, �Those past effects
Neither in your story of pathos, nor in my tale of  love are�

My wretched sins could not get shelter anywhere except
When  they in the shade of Thy Gracious Forgiveness were1

Neither Love has that warmth nor Beauty has that humor
Neither that restlessness in Ghaznavi2 nor those  curls in the hair locks of Ay�z 2 are

Whenever I went into prostration a voice came from the earth
Your heart is in materialism no rewards  for your prayers are


Explanatory Notes
1. Allusion to the Holy Qur��n 39:53.

2. For Mahmud and Ay�z see Appendix I, No. 34.