by admin | Oct 16, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomfited;For the water of life’s fountain springeth from a gloomy bed.Ah! ye brothers of misfortune! be not ye with grief oppressed,Many are the secret mercies which with the All-bounteous rest.
by admin | Oct 15, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
Until you are complete,a bridge has been prepared;but once you have become complete,what are bridge and river to you?
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
God has never really spoken,though a thought once crossed His mind.It is the echo of divinesilencewe hear the birds sing, and thatis the source of allwe see andtouch.
by admin | Oct 12, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
What are “I” and “You”?Just latticesIn the niches of a lampThrough which the One Light radiates.”I” and “You” are the veilBetween heaven and earth;Lift this veil and you will seeHow all sects and religions are one.Lift...
by admin | Oct 11, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
The minute I heard my first love storyI started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.They’re in each other all along.
by admin | Oct 9, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men
O Farid,rent your silken veiland put on a rough, woolen mantle;wear whatever clothes you mustto meet the Beloved.
