till haply in the time to be
Earth shifts her pole and Mushtari*-men
another falling star shall see:

* The Planet Jupiter.

Shall see it fall and fade from sight,
whence come, where gone no Thought can tell,--
Drink of yon mirage-stream and chase
the tinkling of the camel-bell!



VI


All Faith is false, all Faith is true:
Truth is the shattered mirror strown
In myriad bits; while each believes
his little bit the whole to own.

What is the Truth? was askt of yore.
Reply all object Truth is one
As twain of halves aye makes a whole;
the moral Truth for all is none.

Ye scantly-learned Zahids learn
from Aflatun and Aristu,*
While Truth is real like your good:
th' Untrue, like ill, is real too;