I carry a torch in one hand

By Rabia al-Adawiyya

I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water in the other:
With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell
So that voyagers to God can rip the veils 

And see the real goal. 

By Rabia al-Adawiyya, translated Camille Helminski in Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, Writings and Stories of Mystic Poets, Scholars and Saints (Shambhala Publications, 2013)