The fame of Ecstasy the redemption of the World. 
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Rampant within thy podex take 
this member, stiffer than a mast. 
 
Lively as love itself, supreme 
in pride, stupendous in the vast ! 
 
Even the present gold and white, 
the Moment ever fleeting fast, 
 
Surrendered never !  this delight 
the Venus-throw hath surely cast.3 
 
Jehannum shall exclaim “ Habib ! ” 
and light inform its murky fire, 
 
Entrancing all the ghouls4 to love, 
waking the Shaitans to desire ! 
 
Rejoicing souls in Paradise 
shall spurn the Hur al Ayn5 with ire, 
 
Opening their lips in pangs of woe, 
offering their souls in pawn to hire ! 
 
Men from the utmost desert lands 
shall spur their steeds through sand and mire, 
 
Even to look upon the face 
immortal from this lewdly lyre. 
 
Perfect, Habib, my magic song ; 
perfect our loves for ever are :— 
 
Olibanum and ambergris, 
nargis and rose of the attar,6 
 
Lily and lilac, thus they rise 
in fragrance to the morning star.