[Sunlight] We ask Thee, Lord, for help -- Ghazal 2046

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"We worship Thee!" -- that is the garden's prayer
in winter time.
"We ask Thy help!" -- that is its cry then
in time of spring.
"We worship Thee" -- that means: I come to beg,
imploring Thee:
Don't leave me in this sorrow, Lord, make wide
the door of joy!
"We ask Thee, Lord, for help" -- that is, the fullness
of ripe, sweet fruit.
Now break my branches and my twigs -- protect me,
My Lord, My God!

-- Ghazal (Ode) 2046
Translated by Annemarie Schimmel
"I Am Wind, You are Fire"
Shambhala, 1992

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[Sunlight] We ask Thee, Lord, for help -- Ghazal 2046