All mystics and common to self know not

THE AMANNENSIS OF MULLAH ZAIGHUM
From the Note Book of MuIlah Zada Zaightttu Lolabi of Kashmir

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All mystics and common to self know not,
Is this mosque O’ Lord! or pub of the sot.

The chief waiz kept it out of our sight,
That Harem is the moth of Harem’s light.

The charms of paganism or faith’s whole flame.
The Sheikh and Pundit tales, the fiction’s game.

A boon for the land was the Dervish great,
Like Moses his faqr had all the fine traits.

How long the world hids the gifts of his make,
I mean the precious pearls of Wooler’s Lake.