The God of the Heart

by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Ever since we have given up our being for the heart,
We've been strangers to the self and acquainted with the heart.

While the Ka'ba is the focus of the eyes of the world,
That Ka'ba of retreat, the heart, is our focus.

We saw the heart was the sanctum of the glory of the Beloved;
So we ejected all that was not the Friend from the space of the heart.

This heart is not that organ which beats in the cage of the breast;
This heart is the Magnificent Throne, the seat of the God of the Heart.

In the way of the heart lovers have foundered in blood;
Full many a wretched soul has been sacrificed for the heart.

In the trap of lust you are not aware of the heart;
In the sky of self you can't see the phoenix of the heart.

As soon as Nurbakhsh left the lane of 'I and you',
He found tranquility in the sanctum of the glorious heart.