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"What is thy faith and creed," they ask of me, "And who art thou? Unseal thy pedigree."—
 * I am the child of Time, my tribe, mankind,

And now this world's my caravanseri.

Swathe thee in wool, my Sufi friend, and go Thy way; in cotton I the wiser grow;
 * But we ourselves are shreds of earth, and soon

The Tailor of the Universe will sew.