The Rahat

by John Jerome Rooney English

Upon Nirwána’s brink the ráhat stood;   Beneath him rolled the Ocean of the All: Responsive flowed the current of his blood   To meet the tidal call— Save one red drop within his mortal veins   Wherein the image of Zuleika shone; He gazed a moment on Nirwána’s gains—   And Earthward he was gone!

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