Classic Poem

For Jem's cup our heart requirement Of us many a year made
And for what itself possesseth Suit to strangers sheer made;

For a pearl that in no oyster Is of Place-and-Being,
Of the lostlings of the seaboard Quest from far and near made.

Yesternight, my crux I carried To the Magian Elder,
Who by insight the solution Of th' enigma clear made.

Smiling-faced and blithe I found him, In his hand the winecup,
Wherein he an hundred visions Mirrored to appear made.

" When gave God this cup world-showing Unto thee? " I asked him.
" That same day whereon " , he answered, " He the azure sphere made.

" Yonder friend, who made the gibbet Glorious, his crime was
" That he patent heaven's secrets To the general ear made.

" Heart-bereft one, in all cases, God was ever with him;
" But he saw Him not and distant Him, when he was here, made.

" All that juggling show, that Reason Here against Love maketh,
" Erst, before the hand of Moses And his staff, Samir made.

" If the Holy Spirit's favour Once more deigned assistance,
" Others yet would make the marvels Jesu's self whileare made. "

" For what purpose are the idol's Chain-like locks? " I asked him.
" Hafiz' frenzied heart to fetter Were they, " quoth the seer, " made. "