The Sufism Of The Rubaiyat

Awake! awake! Oh, slumbering souls, Arise like him who rules the morn and leads forth the stars with song. Oh, Master hail to Thee! strike Thou with Wisdom's shafts the enemies of man's progression, Thou who art known as the Dispeller of Mortal Darkness and the Light of the Life to Come. Lead us by that Sure Path to where the spiritual sun doth rise and where mortal darkness sets beyond the clouds of fear, anger, sorrow, indolence and crime, Where the great peace reigns and thou oh lord abidest.