Fakhruddin Iraqi: Sing
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Photo: Feast of Mouloud I by Nicloas Muller, Tangier, Morocco; 1942
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Sing
the matchless pleasure
of gypsy girl
and beggar
Toss
cap from head
fling sandals
from feet.
So
I kick my life away
and sacrifice
my heart
Trade
the caravanserai
of this world and the next
for One.
the matchless pleasure
of gypsy girl
and beggar
Toss
cap from head
fling sandals
from feet.
So
I kick my life away
and sacrifice
my heart
Trade
the caravanserai
of this world and the next
for One.
(Fakhruddin Iraqi)
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Recommended Reading:
'The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry' by Peter Lamborn Wilson (Translator), Nasrollah Pourjavady (Translator)
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Description:
Lovers of Rumi and Hafez will find this volume an excellent means to deepening their understanding of Sufism and Sufi poetry. Stages of spiritual unfoldment are viewed through the works of 33 poets.
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