Al-Hallaj Again

Translated by Stephen Watts and Marga Burgui-Artajo

Who will deliver me ?
No-one in the Jubbah but He !
No-one in the Jubbah but me !
I am the one
He is the One & only
How were we spasmed together ?
How were we rent apart ?
In a moment of drink
Between my doubting Him
And my piety ?
How would I know !

London 2004