Sublime Generosity

From Chapter 12: THE SHEIKH
Ghazal 1373
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O healer of lovers, place your hand upon my chest so that I may elevate my fortune, wealth, and throne to the heavens.  
Bind that chain around my neck and hands; do not recite spells, for with your enchantments, I grow more insane each day.  
I wish to give a treasure of gold so that it may be a witness to my heart, even though my face, like gold, already bears witness.  
And if you reject my witnesses, O cruel one, O sweet judge of fate, at least summon my testimony.  
Without your kindness and affection, O Lord, why does my heart tremble? In longing for the dust of your feet, O Lord, why does my head spin?  
Sit before me, show yourself to me, O essence of life, fill my heart; if I am a ship, cut my roots, if I am an anchor.  
Sometimes I am in the orbit of fire, sometimes in the cleft of fire; the iron-hearted, red-faced wind comes from the blacksmith's forge.  
Every day a new cup offers solace and peace; every day this love sends a message like a messenger.  
Since I came under your shadow, I am like the sun in the sky; since I became a servant of love, I am the emperor and king Sanjar.  
O love, how long will I describe you without a mouth? Sometimes I am a nightingale, sometimes a rose, sometimes Khidr, and sometimes verdant.

Barks Interpretation

I was dead, then alive.