A Chant of Mystics and Other Poems/A Sufi Song

by Ameen Rihani

For works with similar titles, see A Sufi Song.

 

A SUFI SONG

My heart ’s the field I sow for thee,
For thee to water and to reap;
My heart 's the house I ope for thee,
For thee to air and dust and sweep;
My heart ’s the rug I spread for thee,
For thee to dance or pray or sleep;
My heart ’s the pearls I thread for thee,
For thee to wear or break or keep;
My heart ’s a sack of magic things—
Magic carpets, caps and rings—
To bring thee treasures from afar
And from the Deep.