Midnight, sidereal time, at Infinity's altar
Pitch black and bewildering
Where's my guide, my companion? Hero Hunter Orion
Sword at scabard's easy reach
Whose bejewell'd girth
the light of the heavens and the earth
La fata illah Ali, la saiph illah Dhulfiqar
Blindly seeking, step upon step
a sign, gegenschein
Stars scatter at my approach save some,
sirens really
Twinkling beckoning luring
A steep precipice lurks for the unwary awaiting
Dura kara andhakar, gyan ka aloka dijiye
Seconds expand to minutes, nightvision appears
Veils upon veils to wayside fall
To read writing by starlight
I see and yet have no sight
Khayyam, Khusraw had their muse
Mine's pouting, turned facing away, still seeking to be sought
Iyaka na'budu, iyaka nasta'in
Sauntering shuffling down shadow-path, true path centerbound
There where rvan resides
Shredding swallowing starlight
Celestial streaks arc the sphere chasing demons, my demons
Hum par krapa kijiye, manme prem shanti bharadijiye
Photons fall, gentle spring's shower
Sometimes heavy sometimes light
Cupped hands supplicating,
integrating, greedily collecting
Mind groping, soul soaring, imagination in full flight
Nur na piyala mukhe lagaya, purab teni kamai
Above the spheres counted seven, ten, a hundred high
Billion suns and still beyond
Past translucent wisps of white
Clouds? not vapour, of this world
Ferdinand's clouds, His ayat
circling circling drawing drawn
inevitably to plunge
Funtoosh! fana fi al-labn