{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_daa_daa05_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_daa_daa05_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_daa_daa05_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/daa/daa05.htm","summary":"THE DIWAN OF ABU\u2019L-ALA\nI\nAbandon worship in the mosque and shrink\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0From idle prayer, from sacrificial sheep,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For Destiny will bring the bowl of sleep\n Or bowl of tribulation\u2014\u2014you shall drink. II\nThe scarlet eyes of Morning are pursued\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0By Night, who growls along the narrow lane;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But as they crash upon our world the twain\n Devour us and are strengthened for the feud. III\nVain are your dreams of marvellous emprise,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Vainly you sail among uncharted spaces,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Vainly seek harbour\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala: The Diwan of Abu\u2019l-Ala","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":3429}