Rahman Baba: Antics of the Age
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Photo: Amazigh lady from Morocco
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Contemplate the frantic
Efforts of the age
Countless are its antics
Boundless is its rage
Grieve in silence, brother!
Lest you keep your poise
Good men will be bothered
Evil men rejoice
Patience is a virtue
With the sweetest taste
When impatience hurts you,
Know, that haste is waste
Take on trust your fate if
You desire repose,
You would soon regret if
Something else you chose
Freedom cannot flourish
In your daily job
If a dream you nourish
Give your labour up
Falter shall the bustling
World, as I have said,
Should Rahman but trust in
What has got to fade?
(Rahman Baba)
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Recommended Reading:
'The Nightingale of Peshawar: Selections from Rahman Baba'
'The Nightingale of Peshawar: Selections from Rahman Baba'
by Abd al-Rahman Rahman (Author), Jens Enevoldsen (Translator)
Purchase:
Amazon.com
Description:
Mystic songs of a 17th century Muslim poet.
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