Unadorned Poem by Ameen Rihani

Regardless of the cries of priests and sages
I strove to give my bleeding soul her wages ;
And each embrace or memory of one
Is worth to me the treasures of the ages,
Is worth to me the treasures of the ages.
Each shadow of a kiss or fond embrace
Down in the depth of solitude I trace ;
And in the corners of my darkest den
The fallen gods of pleasure find a place,
The fallen gods of pleasure find a place.
And though knee-deep I find myself in hell,
And though the flames around my checks should
swell,
I shall not loose my grip on Allah's throne,
I shall not fall alone, I know full well,
I shall not fall alone, I know full well.