Intellect and heart

"Intellect one day said to the heart:
'I am a guide to those who have gone astray

Though bound to earth, I reach the heaven above
Just see how far reaching is my sway

I am cast in the mould of the legendary Khizr [1]
I am destined in the world to show the way

I am the interpreter of the book of life
I am an attribute of divine display

You are only a drop of blood
I am the envy of ruby's ray'

'This is all true', replied the heart
'But look at me, be as it may

You look at life's trauma and drama
I see through life's white and gray

You deal with outer manifestations
And I am aware of the inner fray

Knowledge is to you, intuition to me
You seek God, I show how to pray

Limit of wisdom is restless doubting
I am cure for the malady of dismay

You are a lantern to illuminate a spot
I am a lamp to illimunate the path

You deal with time and space
I deal with Judgment Day

To what lofty place do I belong?
I am the pedestal of God Almighty, I say.'"

-Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), Poet of the East, Aql or Dil (Intellect and heart)

Notes
[1] Khizr is the Urdu/Persian rendering of the mysterious and legendary Qur'anic figure of al-Khadir, the one who is said to have encountered the Prophet Moses (p). More on him can be found here.