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\"\u2018Attar<\/a>
A manuscript of a work by \u2018Attar, now located in Berlin\u2019s Pergamon Museum
(Wikimedia Commons; click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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To share His hidden glory you must learn<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That others\u2019 errors are not your concern \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When someone else\u2019s failings are defined<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What hairs you split \u2013 but to your own you\u2019re blind!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace comes to those, no matter how they\u2019ve strayed,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who know their own sin\u2019s strength, and are afraid. . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A sot became extremely drunk \u2013 his legs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And head sank listless, weighed by wine\u2019s thick dregs.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A sober neighbor put him in a sack<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And took him homewards hoisted on his back.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another drunk went stumbling by the first,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who woke and stuck his head outside and cursed.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHey, you, you lousy dipsomaniac,\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He yelled as he was borne off in the sack,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019d had fewer drinks, just two or three,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You would be walking now as well as me.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He saw the other\u2019s state but not his own,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And in this blindness he is not alone;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You cannot love, and this is why you seek<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To find men vicious, or depraved, or weak \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would search for love and persevere<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The sins of other men would disappear.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From Farid al-Din \u2018Attar\u2019s thirteenth-century Conference of the Birds<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 To share His hidden glory you must learn That others\u2019 errors are not your concern \u2013 When someone else\u2019s failings are defined What hairs you split \u2013 but to your own you\u2019re blind! Grace comes to those, no matter how they\u2019ve strayed, Who know their own sin\u2019s strength, and are afraid. . . 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