Anal-Haq (I am the Truth)

On a starry night in a trance

Hallaj declares Anal Haq (I am the Truth) and sticks to his stance

The Wali who sleeps in Ajmer weeps for him

So does Jelaluddin from the kingdom of Rum

So does Shams of Tabriz of Rumi within

Was the Abbasid Caliph possessed by the Jinn?

What he sought was unity with his beloved

Attained the same and was relieved

Died at the pyre on his face with a smile

Did not affect him of the ignorant the guile

Was he not there before he was born

Was he absent after he was torn

As he said Anal Haq ever present

Was heretic to the star and the crescent

Boundaries none he has in the Universe

To seek him look in direction reverse

Where is he and where am i?

I look for him with the inner eye

Only to find that I am he

Only to find that he is me

Where is the question of his being a martyr

He is every present before and after