Islam

Rûmî, Divan (Hastie), Gazel 29 — God's Throne

Unto Your Fathers, Allah did make known
This which they handed down and made your own,—
That all who pray My Face may clearly see,
I sit exalted high on Heaven's great Throne.
As I in Heaven, so You I place on Earth,
That I in my Vicegerents, may be shown.
Serve Me then, that the World may serve you too
Made to do good—this is your End alone.
The World was fitly made to help you well:
No Traitors be; let all my Justice own.
And glorify the Maker of the World,
Until the Rose of Peace hath round you blown.

Source Rûmî, Divan, « The Festival of Spring », gazels rendus en anglais par William Hastie (1903), d’après Rückert, gutenberg.org #57068 · Contents