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Wherefore,

O friend, give up thy self that thou mayest find the Peerless One,

pass by this mortal earth that thou mayest seek

a home in the nest of heaven.

Be as naught, if thou wouldst kindle the fire of being

and be fit for the pathway of love.

 

Love seizeth not upon a living soul,

 

The falcon preyeth not on a dead mouse. [1]

[1 Persian mystic poem. Cf. The Hidden Words, No. 7, Arabic.]

Baha'u'llah

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