The Second Jesus By Gharib Nawaz (1142? - 1236?) English version by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady O Lord, it's me: blanked out in divine light and become a horizon of rays flashing from the Essence. My every atom yearned for vision till I fell drunk on the manifestations of lordship. Love polished the rust from my heart's mirror till I began to see the mysteries; I emerged from the darkness of my existence and became what I am (you know me) from the Light of Being: blackened like charcoal dark soul's smoke but mixed with love fires and illumined. Some say the path is difficult; God forgive them! I went so easily: The Holy Spirit breathes his every breath into Mo'in-- who knows? Maybe I'm the second Jesus. -- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady Amazon.com