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I said, ‘Thou knowest, O all-knowing Friend,My trouble for thee’. He said ‘Speak not so:Thy sorrow came; thy sorrow too shall go.’I said, ‘O light of Truth, when wilt thou spendThy radiance?’ Answer heard I, ‘It may beThis will not alway be denied to thee.’I said, ‘O Merciful, when wilt to meShow mercy?’ He replied ‘Till that time isEndure thou patiently my tyrannies.’I said again, ‘All-seeing, who dost seeHow long is pain, behold’st thou not then tooHow short sweet joy was?’—Answer’d he anew,‘Be not thus comfortless, but comprehend:Ev’n as thy joys, thy sorrows too shall end.’
I said, ‘Thou knowest, O all-knowing Friend,My trouble for thee’. He said ‘Speak not so:Thy sorrow came; thy sorrow too shall go.’I said, ‘O light of Truth, when wilt thou spendThy radiance?’ Answer heard I, ‘It may beThis will not alway be denied to thee.’I said, ‘O Merciful, when wilt to meShow mercy?’ He replied ‘Till that time isEndure thou patiently my tyrannies.’I said again, ‘All-seeing, who dost seeHow long is pain, behold’st thou not then tooHow short sweet joy was?’—Answer’d he anew,‘Be not thus comfortless, but comprehend:Ev’n as thy joys, thy sorrows too shall end.’
I said, ‘Thou knowest, O all-knowing Friend,My trouble for thee’. He said ‘Speak not so:Thy sorrow came; thy sorrow too shall go.’
I said, ‘Thou knowest, O all-knowing Friend,
My trouble for thee’. He said ‘Speak not so:
Thy sorrow came; thy sorrow too shall go.’
I said, ‘O light of Truth, when wilt thou spendThy radiance?’ Answer heard I, ‘It may beThis will not alway be denied to thee.’
I said, ‘O light of Truth, when wilt thou spend
Thy radiance?’ Answer heard I, ‘It may be
This will not alway be denied to thee.’
I said, ‘O Merciful, when wilt to meShow mercy?’ He replied ‘Till that time isEndure thou patiently my tyrannies.’
I said, ‘O Merciful, when wilt to me
Show mercy?’ He replied ‘Till that time is
Endure thou patiently my tyrannies.’
I said again, ‘All-seeing, who dost seeHow long is pain, behold’st thou not then tooHow short sweet joy was?’—Answer’d he anew,
I said again, ‘All-seeing, who dost see
How long is pain, behold’st thou not then too
How short sweet joy was?’—Answer’d he anew,
‘Be not thus comfortless, but comprehend:Ev’n as thy joys, thy sorrows too shall end.’
‘Be not thus comfortless, but comprehend:
Ev’n as thy joys, thy sorrows too shall end.’