Fakhruddin Iraqi: Beloved, I sought you
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Photo: Bedouin woman from Syria by Edouard Aldahdah; 1893.
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Beloved, I sought you
here and there,
asked for news of you
from all I met;
then saw you through myself
and found we were identical.
Now I blush to think I ever
searched for signs of you.
(Fakhruddin Iraqi)
here and there,
asked for news of you
from all I met;
then saw you through myself
and found we were identical.
Now I blush to think I ever
searched for signs of you.
(Fakhruddin Iraqi)
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Source and Recommended Reading:
'Fakhruddin Iraqi (CWS): Divine Flashes'
By William Chittick (Author)
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Description:
One of the foremost expositors of Sufi teachings, Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213-1289) was one of the greatest of Persian poets. His masterpiece, Divine Flashes, is a classic expression of Sufi love mysticism.
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