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When the Veil Falls Away
God be praised, what beauty is this: when the veil falls away,
even a heart of iron melts like wax.
All the beautiful ones take pride in their own beauty,
but it is His beauty that gives their beauty its pride.
It is the way of the fairy faced to keep company with madmen;
so I went mad for that fiery tempered love who will not keep company with me.
Do not fault me, you who accuse, if I cry out apart from my love,
for I make peace with separation, but my heart will not.
How could Mohyi care that he is a stranger in this world?
He is so absorbed in his work that he pays no heed even to himself.