It is better, in this beehive,
to be tailored in the truth of humility
than underdressed in the lies of violence.
This is no place to be naked and raving.
Leave your lie of strength at the door
and put on the armor of lowliness.
God will recognize your allegiance,
and you will trample the heights of heaven
beneath your feet.
based on El Hadiqa by Haqim Sanai, ca. 1100 AD; here is a direct translation by Major J. Stephenson, 1911 : "Lowliness befits thee, violence suits thee not; a naked man frantic in a bee-house is out of place. Leave aside thy strength, betake thyself to lowliness, that so thou mayest trample the heights of heaven beneath thy feet; for God knows that, rightly seen, thy strength is a lie, and thy lowliness truth."
from Walled Gardens
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