The Scented Garden

The fame of Ecstasy the redemption of the World. 151 Rampant within thy podex take this member, stiffer than a mast. Lively as love itself, supreme in pride, stupendous in the vast ! Even the present gold and white, the Moment ever fleeting fast, Surrendered never ! this delight the Venus-throw hath surely cast.3 Jehannum shall exclaim “ Habib ! ” and light inform its murky fire, Entrancing all the ghouls4 to love, waking the Shaitans to desire ! Rejoicing souls in Paradise shall spurn the Hur al Ayn5 with ire, Opening their lips in pangs of woe, offering their souls in pawn to hire ! Men from the utmost desert lands shall spur their steeds through sand and mire, Even to look upon the face immortal from this lewdly lyre. Perfect, Habib, my magic song ; perfect our loves for ever are :— Olibanum and ambergris, nargis and rose of the attar,6 Lily and lilac, thus they rise in fragrance to the morning star.