A Chant of Mystics and Other Poems

by Ameen Rihani

A CHANT OF MYSTICS

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

AMEEN RIHANI

A CHANT OF MYSTICS AND OTHER POEMS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

The Luzumiyat, a Translation of Quatrains from the Work of the Arab Poet-Philosopher, Abu'l-Ala

Prose

• The Book of Khalid.
• The Path of Vision.
• The Descent of Bolshevism.

A Chant of Mystics
and Other Poems

By

AMEEN RIHANI

NEW YORK
JAMES T. WHITE & CO.
1921

For the privilege of reprinting various poems in this volume, grateful acknowledgement is made to the Publishers of The Atlantic Monthly, The Bookman, Asia, Poet-Lore, Harper's Magazine, The Phoenix, and other publications.

TO MY BROTHER
JOSEPH

CONTENTS

 

The Towers and the Night ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15

The End and the Beginning ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16

The Cataclysm ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17

Reflections ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

The Song of Siva ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20

The Fruits of Death ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

21

Constantinople ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

Andalusia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

23

In the Palm Groves of Memphis ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

27

Prayer in the Desert ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

33

Water and Flowers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

34

The Song of Rain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

The House of Night ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

37

After Reading King Lear ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

The Wanderer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

41

Lebanus ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

43

The Pagan ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

The Lost Disciple ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

From the Arabic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

She Went Out Singing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

53

Hanem ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

O Freedom ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

56

The Road of Make-Believe ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

58

Renunciation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60

A Sufi Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

61

The Two Brothers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

God of the Distances, Hear Us ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

Badruddin ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

The Sufi ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

71

The Fugitive ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

73

A Chant of Mystics ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

A CHANT OF MYSTICS AND OTHER POEMS