Rend your mind deaf and dumb
Strive to render your mind deaf and dumb at the time of prayer, and then, you will be able to pray.
Ever in my life have I sought thee with my songs.
It was they who led me from door to door,
and with them I have felt about me,
searching and touching my worlds.
It was my songs that taught me all the lessons I ever learnt;
they showed me secret paths
they brought before my sight
many a star on the horizon of my heart.