Who shall say behind the Veil which is good and evil?
Who shall say if you or I journey to the devil?
Very varied laws of life you and I are firm on;
Which of us, my friend, is text? which of us is sermon?
Every sober man or drunk seeks his soul’s ideal;
In the tavern and the mosque love alike is real.
Paradise is fair indeed; but this side of heaven
There is joy in noonday sun, joy in shades of even.
Be not boastful of thy worth, for who knows when mounted
To the final judgment-seat how his sum is counted?