The Mullah and Paradise
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When in a vision I saw
A mullah ordered to paradise,
Unable to hold my tongue,
I said something in this wise:
‘Pardon me, O Lord,
For these bold words of mine,
But he will not be pleased
With the houris and the wine.
He loves to dispute and fight,
And furiously wrangle,
But paradise is no place
For this kind of jangle.
His task is to disunite
And leave people in the lurch,
But paradise has no temple,
No mosque and no church.’