| THE SUNRISE RUBY | |
| In the early morning hour, | |
| just before dawn, lover and beloved wake | |
| and take a drink of water. | |
| She asks, "Do you love me or yourself more? | |
| Really, tell the absolute truth." | |
| He says, "There is nothing left of me. | |
| I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise. | |
| Is it still a stone, or a world | |
| made of redness? It has no resistance | |
| to sunlight." | |
| This is how Hallaj said, I am God, | |
| and told the truth! | |
| The ruby and the sunrise are one. | |
| Be courageous and discipline yourself. | |
| Completely become hearing and ear, | |
| and wear this sun-ruby as an earring. | |
| Work. Keep digging your well. | |
| Don’t think about getting off from work. | |
| Water is there somewhere. | |
| Submit to a daily practice. | |
| Your loyalty to that | |
| is a ring on the door. | |
| Keep knocking, and the joy inside | |
| will eventually open a window | |
| and look out to see who’s there. | |
