I beheld my essence

by | Aug 26, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men

I beheld my essence. What I sawWas like the very light of the eye itself:How wonderful that a single Essence shouldRefract itself like a light, a single sourceInto a million essences and hues.The being of the lover and BelovedAre the same, for where is Love withoutA...

Where dost thou seem me?

by | Aug 16, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men

O Servant, where dost thou seek Me?Lo! I am beside thee.I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash:Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and renunciation.If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt meet...

Even from earthly love thy face avert not

by | Aug 15, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men

Even from earthly love thy face avert not,Since to the Real it may serve to raise thee.Ere A, B, C are rightly apprehended,How canst thou con the pages of thy Koran?A sage (so heard I), unto whom a studentCame craving counsel on the course before him,Said, “If...

The Eternal Mirror

by | Aug 4, 2023 | Muslim/Sufi, Poems by Men

Not You but I, have seen and been and wrought. . . .Who in your Fraction of Myself beholdMyself within the Mirror Myself holdTo see Myself in, and each part of MeThat sees himself, though drown’d, shall ever see.Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,And be the...