If You Are A Man Of Learning,

To Praise Is To Praise How One Surrenders To The Emptiness.

You Left Ground And Sky Weeping, Mind And Soul Full Of Grief. No One Can Take Your Place In Existence, Or In Absence. Both Mourn, The Angels, The Prophets, And This Sadness I Feel Has Taken From Me The Taste Of Language, So That I Cannot Say The Flavor Of My Being Apart.

I Said: What About My Eyes? God Said: Keep Them On The Road. I Said: What About My Passion? God Said: Keep It Burning. I Said: What About My Heart? God Said: Tell Me What You Hold Inside It? I Said: Pain And Sorrow? He Said: Stay With It. The Wound Is The Place Where The Light Enters You.

If You Have No Eyes, Do Not Walk Blindly; Take A Staff In Your Hand. If You Have No Staff Of Insight, Do Not Walk Without A Guide.

Never Lose Hope When The Beloved Sends You Away. If You're Abandoned If You're Left Hopeless Tomorrow For Sure You'll Be Called Again. If The Door Is Shut Right In Your Face Keep Waiting With Patience Don't Leave Right Away. Seeing Your Patience Your Love Will Soon Summon You With Grace Raise You Like A Champion.